# Date Type On Custom User Fields **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-type-on-custom-user-fields/47357 **Category:** Feature **Tags:** completed **Created:** [July 15, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-type-on-custom-user-fields/47357 "2016-07-15T14:06:38Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [March 8, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-type-on-custom-user-fields/47357/2 "2018-03-08T09:38:04Z")
Bump … Any reason why you can’t choose a Date Type for User Custom Fields? This would be useful for one of my forums, and not just for birthdays … I’m aware of this plug-in but it seems it only handles birthday entry? what about other anniversaries or fixed dates? > [@Discourse Cakeday](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cakeday-celebrating-birthdays-and-anniversaries/38447?source_topic_id=59615): > > discourse2Summary Discourse Cakeday decorates user avatars with a celebratory emoji on the anniversary of their joining day, and (optionally) on their birthday too. cake birthdayopen_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Enabling Cakeday The Cakeday plugin is default enabled but can be disabled/enabled from its settings, accessed from your admin/plugins page: [Cakeday settings] Features … --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-type-on-custom-user-fields/47357)._