How do I create a date picker in tkinter?

Question

Is there any standard way tkinter apps allow the user to choose a date?

Answer 1

Not as far as I could find. For anyone who wants to do this in the future:

I used tkSimpleDialog and ttkcalendar.py (with modifications from this SO post) to make a CalendarDialog. The modified versions of the three files are available on my github.

Below is the code in my CalendarDialog.py:

import Tkinter

import ttkcalendar
import tkSimpleDialog

class CalendarDialog(tkSimpleDialog.Dialog):
    """Dialog box that displays a calendar and returns the selected date"""
    def body(self, master):
        self.calendar = ttkcalendar.Calendar(master)
        self.calendar.pack()

    def apply(self):
        self.result = self.calendar.selection

# Demo code:
def main():
    root = Tkinter.Tk()
    root.wm_title("CalendarDialog Demo")

    def onclick():
        cd = CalendarDialog(root)
        print cd.result

    button = Tkinter.Button(root, text="Click me to see a calendar!", command=onclick)
    button.pack()
    root.update()

    root.mainloop()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()