Editing date format

Hi,

I am using Commcare on android. I would like to ask mother's their date of
birth however they often don't remember the exact day, so I would like to
just ask them the year and month.

Using the ODK instructions I have tried changing the source XML under input
so that it just displays month and year, however it didnt work.

Please advise??

Many thanks

Natasha

Natasha,

Unfortunately we don't support a native data type or entry method for a
"fuzzy" date.

You'll have to ask for a numeric entry for the year, and probably use a
List Select for the month.

You can the construct a date in a calculate node by concatenating the
relevant quantities.

IE:

date(concat(/data/year, '-', /data/month, '-01'))

-Clayton

ยทยทยท On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Natasha Lelijveld < natasha.lelijveld@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I am using Commcare on android. I would like to ask mother's their date of
birth however they often don't remember the exact day, so I would like to
just ask them the year and month.

Using the ODK instructions I have tried changing the source XML under
input so that it just displays month and year, however it didnt work.

Please advise??

Many thanks

Natasha

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