why cannot I enter the birthdate, to search?!

hi all.

I have enjoyed you site for years.

sometimes i want to search the site and when i do i am asked to enter
"yyyy/mm/dd", my birthdate.

this NEVER has worked for me! not on this computer, not on any computer. not for any browser or operating system!

for years!

is the search function never working?!

??????

thank you...freestone

I think you are referring to the front page below the news headlines where you can enter a date.
If so then this is the date from which you want to see all the newsbits.
2012/05/10 shows all news from the 10th of May, which is exactly one newsbit.

A hidden feature is that you can also enter 2011/11 to see all the news from November 30th and before that, or just 2011 to see all the news from December 31 and before that.