...and obviously we're building a workaround. But I'm absolutely flabbergasted that a standard <input type="date">
HTML field, in a standard browser, from a company that bases its reputation good design, could be so dreadful.
I'm the developer for a startup that sells a genetic test to recommend medications for high blood pressure. As such, most of our customers are in their 60s or older. We have found that many of them are using iPads or iPhones. And they're the ones complaining to our customer support line about our site being unusable.
This is what pops up when you tap on a date field. Not bad... unless you're trying to pick your birth date, which happened to be in 1945.