html - placeholder for input type date html5

Question

placeholder does not work for input type date directly.

<input required="" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Date"/>

instead, it shows mm/dd/yyy

how to show Date?

Answer 1

use onfocus="(this.type='date')", example:

<input required="" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Date" onfocus="(this.type='date')"/>