display a date field, for the user to enter a specific date range

Hi i am new to iphone application development.. i want to design a view, where i want to show the bank transaction from date x to date Y now i want the user to enter this date x & y. P开发者_如何转开发lease suggest me the best way for the user to enter the dates .how should i start.

i saw date picker, but i think it looks too big, because it occupies most of my screen. Else can i make the date pickers visibility off, when i set the focus out from my date fields.

You can try jQueryUI's date picker, it's pretty slick