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I often develop Airtable forms for use in youth afterschool programming. Since many of our participants are minors, it is important that we document their ages. In Airtable forms, I add the date field for prospective participants to enter their DOB and make it a required field. I set the "Range Minimum" to the latest date someone could be born and qualify for program (so, if a program requires you be 18 to participate, the "Range Minimum" to the latest date someone could be born and still be 18 by the program start date). Problem is, you have to click through each of the months of each year to get to the far past. This is time-consuming, and having the ability to type in a date would really save time.
Overall, the Airtable team should look into allowing the date field to be used for more than just tracking dates connected to things other than just project timelines.
Who is the target audience?
People who use forms and other Airtable features to track age or other dates that occurred in the far past. This is NOT for people tracking future deadlines or team project timelines, as it seems that the Date field is currently configured with those users in mind.