The following code shows how to layout form label and control with col-lg-2 and col-lg-10.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'
src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-git2.js'></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="http://getbootstrap.com/assets/css/docs.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0-rc1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script type='text/javascript'
src="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0-rc1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head><!--from w w w . j av a2 s . c o m-->
<body style='margin:30px'>
<form class="form-horizontal">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputDate" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Birthday</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="date" class="form-control" id="inputDate"
placeholder="10/01/2010">
</div>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>