The WinDateTimeEditor™ control is a date time editor similar to the intrinsic DateTimePicker provided by the .NET framework, with additional features such as:
Appearance support — Full Appearance support including alpha-blending, gradients, image, etc.
Built-in Theming — Supports Standard, Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003, Visual Studio 2005, and Office 2007 themes.
Masked Input — An Input Mask can be specified to indicate the format of the user’s entered data.
Era Support — Display the era in which the DateTime falls using the g or gg mask. The era displayed is chosen with respect to the control’s culture, which can be set on FormatProvider.
Ink-enabled — The user is able to use ink to edit text and is presented with a mask. Literal characters displayed and the input box arrangement are based on the input mask.
Internationalization — A FormatProvider property makes it possible to easily assign a specific culture.
Restrict User Selection — Optionally set Min and Max values for the control.
Null Text — Display a custom string when the control’s current value is null.
Spin Button — An optional Spin Button for incrementing the edit field, with the with the ability to specify spin wrapping based on the control’s Min/Max values.