# Date picker
**Date picker** controls are designed to capture dates with an intuitive user-friendly interface.
**Data type**: `date`
### Adding a Date picker control
1\. Edit your sheet\
2\. Click on the **Qommentary Writeback** extension\
3\. Expand **Input Column** section\
4\. Click on **Add column**
5\. Select **Date picker** from the dropdown menu
6\. Add a **label** to be displayed as a column header
7\. Add a **field** name
{% hint style="danger" %}
If database is selected as data connection, then field name **must map** to destination table column name.
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{% hint style="warning" %}
Field name cannot contain spaces.
{% endhint %}
8\. Click on **Done**
**Date picker** input column can now be updated and saved.
### Setting a custom date format
If you wish to change the format used to display dates on your table, please follow these steps:
1\. Edit your sheet\
2\. Click on the **Qommentary Writeback** extension\
3\. Expand the **Input Columns** section and **Date picker** column\
4\. Click on **Date Format** text field and update the format. An expression may be used if desired.
Example of date formats:
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