Date input comparison

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1		Date input comparison
2	Features	Desktop native implementation		Device native implementation			JS Plugin				Other basic implementations
3	Features	Chrome, Opera	FF, Safari, IE	iOS	Chrome for Android	Android native	Webshims.lib	jQuery UI / jQuery DatePicker	Mobiscroll	Masked Input	3 Dropdowns	3 Inputs

4	Semantically correct markup (ie. HTML5)	✔	~ date input behaves as text field	✔	✔	✔	~ markup is semantic, polyfill may not be	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘
5	Does not require a JS plugin	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	~ Only requires plugin for non supported browsers	✘	✘ Must purchase a license	✘	✔	~ Needs auto-tab to feel right
6	Prevents invalid characters	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✘
7	Client-side validation	~ As HTML5	~ As HTML5	N/A	N/A	N/A	✔	N/A	N/A	? unknown	N/A	~ As HTML5
8	Customisable date display format	~ No but date is automatically set to local format	~ Text field only	✘ Month dd, yyyy only	~ No but date is automatically set to local format	✘ yyyy-mm-dd only	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
9	Easy to select many years past	~ There is a dropdown available to select year/month but unintuitive	~ Text field only	✔	✔	✘	✔	~ Option available for month/year dropdown in calendar	✔	✔	✘	✔
10	Submits in HTML5 spec format: yyyy-mm-dd	✔	✘ Not enforced	✔	✔	✔	✔	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘
11	Consistent everywhere	✘ - Different in each browser,					~ Different in each browser but still functional	✔	~ Yes but always a barrel roller	✔	✔	✔
12	Calendar widget	Calendar widget
13	Has calendar widget	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔ yes on Galaxy S3+	✔	✔	✔	✘	✘	✘
14	Stylable calendar	✘	N/A	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔	N/A	N/A	N/A
15	Range limit	✔	N/A	✔ assume yes	✔	✔ assume yes	✔	✔	✔	N/A	N/A	N/A
16	Initial date	✔	N/A	✔ assume yes	✔ assume yes	✔ assume yes	✔	✔	✔ assume yes	N/A	N/A	N/A
17	Today button	✔ yes but may be unintuitive	N/A	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔ Option avaiable	✘	N/A	N/A	N/A
18	Can disable widget	✔	N/A	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔	N/A	N/A	N/A
19	Month picker	✔	N/A	✔	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔	N/A	N/A	N/A
20	Week picker	✔	N/A	✘	✘	✘	✔	✘	✔	N/A	N/A	N/A
21	Time picker	✔	N/A	✔	✔	✔	✔	✘	✔	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	Mobile optimized	N/A	N/A	✔	✔	✔	~ customizable CSS	✘	✔	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	Character Input	Character Input
24	Date-formatted text field	✔	✘ Safari is supposed to but I couldn't see it	✘	✘	✘	✔	✘	✘ Forcing barrel roller on desktop is bad	✔	✘	✔
25	Sepparators are not characters	✔	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	✔	N/A	N/A	✔	✔	✔
26	Assessable/ Tabbed sections	✔	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	✔	N/A	N/A	✔	✔	✔
27	Mobile optimized	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	✔ defaults to browser implementation	✘	N/A	~ a little buggy on Android devices	✔	✔