Angular 5 Date Validation (accepted min and max)

_x000D_ _x000D_ I cant seem to find a simple solution to this but I have a date input like so.. now Im using https://nosir.github.io/cleave.js/ to control the input so you cant write anything but a date so In my app.component.ts export class ... toolDate = moment().format('DD/MM/YYYY'); ngOnInit() { const cleave = new Cleave('.tool_input__date', { date: true, datePattern: ['d', 'm', 'Y'] }); } so I don't need date format validation but I do need min and max date validation.. so a user cant type in less than say 01/01/2017 and cant enter a date past the current date now I know that by default you can use date and set a min and max but I don't want to use the default html date picker Any help would be appreciated! Thanks