I think using drop-downs are much simpler for year/month selection. PickADate is confusing if you are not picking something like a discrete day (or as in the jsfiddle a row is clearly highlighted for week).
In any case, I suggest you consider writing a custom widget that wraps PickADate and uses it when appropriate. I also suggest you have some kind of storage scenario planned out for this, you likely need a custom converter or a way of having a exemplary date value representing a period.
PickADate is not mandatory here, but wrapping it uses something that ships OOTB, so that's a plus.
By wrapping, I specifically mean:
- Make your own patternslib / mockup pattern;
- Have your pattern's init initialize PickADate, if appropriate, on some DOM input element your wrapper widget uses and/or creates;
- Have your pattern make after-the-fact customization to the PickADate config as necessary;
Sean