Start a new Asp.net core project, and select "individual accounts" for authentication. This way the scaffolder will create a DB context for us. We don't need a DB for this example, but it will be usefull in other tutorials.

Then install the Mvc Controls Toolkit.

Now create the following ViewModel:

public class DateExample
{
    [DynamicRange(typeof(DateTime), 
        SMinimum = "2016-1-1", SMaximum = "2016-12-31")]
    [DataType(DataType.Date)]
    public DateTime Value { get; set; }
}

Now add a new controller named InputExamples and add the following trivial action Methods:

[HttpGet]
public IActionResult Date()
{
    return View();
}
[HttpPost]
public IActionResult Date(DateExample vm)
{
    return View(vm);
}

If you get errors add the needed namespaces suggested by visual studio.

Now Create a View for the Date action method with the DateExample ViewModel. Then insert the following code:

<form asp-controller="InputExamples" asp-action="Date" method="post" class="form-horizontal" role="form">
    <div asp-validation-summary="All" class="text-danger"></div>
    <div class="form-group">
        <label asp-for="Value" class="col-xs-12 control-label"></label>
        <div class="col-xs-12">
            <input asp-for="Value"  class="form-control" />
            <span asp-validation-for="Value" class="text-danger"></span>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="form-group">
        <div class="col-md-12">
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
        </div>
    </div>
</form>

At the end of the view add all JavaScript needed for client side validation:

@section scripts{
    @{ await Html.RenderPartialAsync("_ValidationScriptsPartial"); }
}

Finally, in the menu, in the _Layout View in the Shared folder add a new menu item to link the newly created page:

<li title="date">@Html.ActionLink("date", "Date", "InputExamples")</li>

Run and test the new page! If your browser supports Html5 input you should see a date Html5 input otherwise a date widget. In both cases only dates selected with the DynamicRangeAttribute will be selectable.

You may force the widget also if your browser supports Html5 input type date: open wwwroot/startupjs/startup.js:

(function () {
    var options = {};
    options.browserSupport = {
        cookie: "_browser_basic_capabilities",
        forms: null,
        fallbacks: {/*
            number: {
                force: true
            },
            range: {
                force: false
            },
            time: {
                force: true
            },
            ...
            ...

Uncomment the fallbacks code, and set the value of the date property to true. Now minimize again startup.js:

See it live, and explore also other input types and also the Dynamic range option, then try to reproduce some of them in your project.