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    "import datetime as dt\n",
    "import panel as pn\n",
    "\n",
    "pn.extension()"
   ]
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    "The ``DateSlider`` widget allows selecting selecting a date value within a set bounds using a slider.\n",
    "\n",
    "For more information about listening to widget events and laying out widgets refer to the [widgets user guide](../../user_guide/Widgets.ipynb). Alternatively you can learn how to build GUIs by declaring parameters independently of any specific widgets in the [param user guide](../../user_guide/Param.ipynb). To express interactivity entirely using Javascript without the need for a Python server take a look at the [links user guide](../../user_guide/Param.ipynb).\n",
    "\n",
    "#### Parameters:\n",
    "\n",
    "For layout and styling related parameters see the [customization user guide](../../user_guide/Customization.ipynb).\n",
    "\n",
    "##### Core\n",
    "\n",
    "* **``as_datetime``**: Whether to return value as a date (default) or datetime\n",
    "* **``start``** (date or datetime): The range's lower bound\n",
    "* **``end``** (date or datetime): The range's upper bound\n",
    "* **``value``** (date or datetime): The selected value as a datetime type\n",
    "* **``value_throttled``** (datetime): The selected value as a datetime type throttled until mouseup\n",
    "\n",
    "##### Display\n",
    "\n",
    "* **``bar_color``** (color): Color of the slider bar as a hexadecimal RGB value\n",
    "* **``direction``** (str): Whether the slider should go from left to right ('ltr') or right to left ('rtl')\n",
    "* **``disabled``** (boolean): Whether the widget is editable\n",
    "* **``name``** (str): The title of the widget\n",
    "* **``orientation``** (str): Whether the slider should be displayed in a 'horizontal' or 'vertical' orientation.\n",
    "* **``tooltips``** (boolean): Whether to display tooltips on the slider handle\n",
    "\n",
    "___"
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    "date_slider = pn.widgets.DateSlider(name='Date Slider', start=dt.datetime(2019, 1, 1), end=dt.datetime(2019, 6, 1), value=dt.datetime(2019, 2, 8))\n",
    "\n",
    "date_slider"
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    "``DateSlider.value`` returns a datetime type that can be read out or set like other widgets:"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
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   "source": [
    "date_slider.value"
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   "source": [
    "### Controls\n",
    "\n",
    "The `DateSlider` widget exposes a number of options which can be changed from both Python and Javascript. Try out the effect of these parameters interactively:"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "pn.Row(date_slider.controls(jslink=True), date_slider)"
   ]
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