# Date Range controls

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-range-controls/35139>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-range-controls/35139 "2020-05-28T20:22:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![dwoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@dwoo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dwoo)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-range-controls/35139/1 "2020-05-28T20:22:24Z")

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Is there a method you can use external button controls to control the Date Range Zoom in/out and slider?  
This is for a touchscreen application.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-range-controls/35139/2 "2020-05-28T20:56:42Z")

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This is controlled by the `outerRangeStartDate` and corresponding EndDate properties