I would like to change the default appearance of the input type="date" datepicker from an arrow to a calendar icon and make it visible at all times. 

Google searching this issue revealed very little. I came across the below post from 2012 which says its not possible, have things changed?

<https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2012/08/Quick-FAQs-on-input-type-date-in-Google-Chrome>