Plugin should accept strings and an empty string when no date is provided

First of all, why does the plugin only accept Date objects? I think it would be easier to work with if it accepted date-like strings as well. Check - https://github.com/Hacker0x01/react-datepicker

This comes in handy when there was no date provided. It should default to an empty box with the placeholder and no bugs. Currently its throwing an error -

"Warning: Failed prop type: Invalid prop value of type String supplied to DateInput, expected instance of Date. in DateInput

[wojtekmaj]

Hey @TechyTimo, in v6.5.0:

• Ability to clear date was added.
• You can also pass dates as strings.
• Empty strings and false is now considered an empty value.

Your last comment may be considered a separate ticket 😃 I’m tracking it in #29.

Let me know what you think!

[MwirabuaTim]

Works nicely. Thanks a lot for this