JQuery DatePicker with year optional

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I need to make the year optional when selecting a date in the JQuery DatePicker. Please note the word optional. I do not want to remove the year, I just want to make it optional.

Why? I am storing date of birth and sometimes people don't give the year they were born.

I don't think this is possible with the built in DatePicker. If not, does anyone know of another solution I could use?

Appreciate your help in advance!

Ben

I missed it. I think this has to be handled in your js not in datepicker and also I dont find no use of DOB without year — Praveen, Jan 27 '14 at 06:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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JQuery does not allow this sort of an option. You can anyway take a look at this plugin which allows you to select only the month. If you want to use the year as optional, you might check this.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Jan 27 '14 at 05:45

MusicLovingIndianGirl

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '14 at 05:49

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Try this, change the date format however you want. This one will enter "01-27"(mm-dd) in your textbox.

 $.datepicker.setDefaults({
        inline: true,
        changeMonth: true,
        dateFormat: "mm-dd",
    });

answered Jan 27 '14 at 05:49

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Please note the word optional. I do not want to remove the year, I just want to make it optional. – Ben Sinclair Jan 27 '14 at 05:56

JQuery DatePicker with year optional

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