The Date Picker Control

The date picker control provides a convenient way to enter data that is of a date data type. A date picker control provides two ways to enter a date—either into what looks like a text box (in which case the user needs to understand the allowed date formats) or by using a calendar that the user can navigate to select a date. Figure 4.21 shows a date picker.

Figure 4.21. A date picker control.

By default, if the type is not already defined by a schema, a date picker control has a date type (see Figure 4.22).

Figure 4.22. The Default data type in a date picker control.

A date and time data type is also available, if that ...

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