Yeah, you will need to create your own method for the helper. Take as an 
example the year() method in the FormHelper

On Thursday, September 4, 2014 5:56:51 AM UTC+2, OJ Tibi - @ojtibi wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm using text/number fields to let users input year values that aren't 
> restricted by <select> options, and I was just wondering, what's the best 
> way to handle year parts of a date type using text/number input fields? For 
> example, using `$this->Form->number('my_date.year')` in my add/insert view 
> works because CakePHP parses the year/month/date subkeys from 
> $this->request->data properly. On the other hand, this doesn't work in my 
> edit view because the text/number field doesn't split the date parts like 
> Form::input() and its related methods. Should I implement a workaround by 
> manually parsing the date before passing it to the input field, or is there 
> an internal CakePHP helper technique that can take care of year values in 
> text/number fields?
>
> TIA,
> OJ
>

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