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BearDroid
BearDroid

Reputation: 583

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

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...

Upvotes: 37

Views: 89821

Answers (6)

Mojtaba Hosseini
Mojtaba Hosseini

Reputation: 119177

✅ iOS 17.4 and above

Apple has finally added the case .yearAndMonth which is only supported in the UIDatePickerStyleWheels:

let datePicker = UIDatePicker ()
datePicker.datePickerMode = .yearAndMonth
datePicker.preferredDatePickerStyle = .wheels

🔮 Magic Value - Below iOS 17.4

For older iOS versions, just go with datePicker.datePickerMode = .init(rawValue: 4269).

Demo

Upvotes: 7

Shakeel Ahmed
Shakeel Ahmed

Reputation: 6013

Simple Solution Swift 5+

if #available(iOS 17.4, *) {
    datePicker.datePickerMode = .yearAndMonth
} else {
    // Fallback on earlier versions
    datePicker.datePickerMode = .date
    datePicker.datePickerMode = .init(rawValue: 4269) ?? .date
}
datePicker.preferredDatePickerStyle = .wheels

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Upvotes: 1

Gobe
Gobe

Reputation: 2717

See UIDatePickerModeYearAndMonth (iOS 17.4+)

Example:

let datePicker = UIDatePicker()
datePicker.datePickerMode = .yearAndMonth
datePicker.preferredDatePickerStyle = .wheels

Upvotes: -1

Deepak Danduprolu
Deepak Danduprolu

Reputation: 44633

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

Upvotes: 52

orkoden
orkoden

Reputation: 19996

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.

Upvotes: 0

gnuchu
gnuchu

Reputation: 1496

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.

Upvotes: 7

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