This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The max property of the HTMLInputElement interface reflects the <input> element's max attribute, which generally defines the maximum valid value for a numeric or date-time input. If the attribute is not explicitly set, the max property is an empty string.
A string representing the element's max value or an empty string if no max is explicitly set.
const inputElement = document.querySelector("#time");
console.log(inputElement.max); // the current value of the max attribute
inputElement.max = "18:00:00"; // sets the max value to 6pm
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-input-max> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
max |
4 | 12 | 16 | ≤12.1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | ≤12.1 | 4 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 4 |
<input> of type range, number, date, month, week, and time
HTMLInputElement.minHTMLInputElement.valueHTMLInputElement.type
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLInputElement/max