Setting the Datepicker in IOS to pick only the Month and Year

Question

Is there any way possible to set a UIDatePicker in XCode-Interface Builder to just use the rollers of the "month" and "year" without the "day"? I've tried checking the file properties in the IB yet failed to find a solution for my problem...

You need to change the mode of date picker to "date" instead of date and time. — Abdul Rehman Butt, May 29 '13 at 06:17
@Abdul Rehman Butt , it is no use, it show year-month-day. we just want to show year and month. — aircraft, Dec 02 '16 at 06:36

Deepak Danduprolu · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-13T13:12:57.920

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Your question mentions date and year so I it seemed like UIDatePickerModeDate would suffice but as you are looking for month and year which is not an available option. I suggest you consider using a two component UIPickerView object.

Original Answer

You can do this by changing the Mode property under Date Picker to Date in the Attributes Inspector in the right bar ( Cmd + Option + 4 ). You can also do this programmatically,

datePicker.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerModeDate;

edited Jun 13 '11 at 13:12

answered Jun 13 '11 at 09:06

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Thanks Deepak, but this mode shows the "day" roller as well... I would like to only display the Month and Year. – BearDroid Jun 13 '11 at 09:15
UIDatePickerModeDate - Displays month, day, and year depending on the locale setting (e.g. November | 15 | 2007) – patrick-fitzgerald Apr 04 '13 at 02:00
@PaulJohnParreno Hello, Have You Found solution on How to show only Year or Month ? – iFateh Jun 03 '22 at 11:04

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '11 at 09:39

I don't think this is possible using the standard UIDatePicker. If you have a look at the documentation it makes it clear that only four modes are available:

UIDatePickerModeTime,
UIDatePickerModeDate,
UIDatePickerModeDateAndTime,
UIDatePickerModeCountDownTimer

You may have to create your own.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 19 '14 at 08:50

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You can use this Month and Year picker realization

answered Mar 19 '14 at 08:50

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Ho Luong · Answer 4 · 2022-11-18T11:05:11.443

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I have rewrote MonthYearPicker project with custom minDate, maxDate, blurred effect background and show up picker animation: MonthYearPicker

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 16 '12 at 12:45

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What you can do is restrict the range of dates, that can be used for input using the properties maximumDate and minimumDate

This has the added benefit of being automatically localized. i.e. the order of month and day is correct.

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 19 '14 at 07:30

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The question has been answered but for someone who is looking for a UIComponent that selects only month and year, there is a tool at github that can be used:

DRK MonthSelector

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 05 '16 at 21:35

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You can use UICustomDatePicker class to show only the needed date components

answered Jul 05 '16 at 21:35

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Shubham Singh · Answer 8 · 2018-08-02T11:07:27.760

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You can use Third Party custom Date Picker as iOS Default Date Picker do not provide one.

Try https://github.com/nairteashop/NTMonthYearPicker.

Worked for me

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answered Aug 02 '18 at 10:28

Shubham Singh

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Setting the Datepicker in IOS to pick only the Month and Year

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