>Are there plans to give them some type? As of now they are simply strings, as far as I understand. They are strings. I don't know of any plans to extend the c

>Are there plans to give them some type? As of now they are simply strings, as far as I understand. They are strings. I don't know of any plans to extend the core beyond that, though speaking for myself it sounds like plugin territory. >Having a date picker for date customs fields etc. would be great. A valid case. The argument for x feature is sometimes a tricky one, as a lot of things fall into plugin territory until a critical mass of people want it, and then it's considered for core. Unfortunately, many Textpattern plugin authors have moved on to other projects, and some often-used plugins end up being orphaned, adopted and repurposed for current releases. It's a somewhat tricky situation – have a feature spun out to a plugin, sites become reliant on said plugin, plugin author moves on, and the community ends up fixing the plugin for current versions. There's no animosity at all, as far as I know, it's just not an ideal scenario. Thankfully many (most?) plugins are open sourced with appropriate licences.