When I use date type without any appearance option, it gives a calendar

[Kal_Lam]

@hathiany, FYR, this is how the appearance behaves …

Regarding Date of Birth

Welcome to the community @o_baied1977! Maybe you could overcome this issue if you design your survey form as outlined in the image below: Form builder UI: [Image 1] xlsform: [Image 2] Data entry screen as seen in KoBoCollect android app: [Image 3] Here you are able to control the day, month and year without any hassle. Data entry screen as seen in Enketo: [Image 4] Here, select the Year/Month as shown in the image above (to customize the date to your preferred year). [Image 5] Once aga…