What's the best approach to get Date/Time input from the user?

Question

This is a wheel that\'s been re-invented again and again over the years.

The Problem: The user needs to input a Date/Time

Basic considerations

Answer 1

I'd go for three alternatives depending on the situation:

1. 2 combo boxes. One listing year + month, another the day
2. 3 combo boxes. One listing years, one month, one days
3. Visible calendar/s and combos like this one from YUI

And I believe there are more options from which I'd choose.