<p dir="auto">I've modified the DatePicker component to meet a need for a project and wanted to contribute the changes back to the core project (:</p>
<p dir="auto">The modification - an additional prop viewYearFirst={true} which opens the datepicker directly to the year display.</p>
<p dir="auto">I just wanted to check in to see if the prop name was appropriate and whether or not any core developers could spot any gotchas before I roll this up into a PR.</p>
<p dir="auto">Thanks!</p>
<p dir="auto">When building apps that use the date picker for choosing an old date like "birthday", I often hear complaints about it taking forever to go so far back in time. These people obviously don't realize they can select the year by clicking on the year in the title area. An option for just <strong>starting on the year picker</strong> though would make this component much more useful for such historic dates, especially for the less tech-savvy.</p>
<p dir="auto">If not that, then perhaps it can be made a little more obvious that clicking on the year takes you to the year picker? An edit icon or something?</p>
<p dir="auto">I'd be happy to make a pull request if others agree this would be a useful addition. Thanks!</p>