Now this is really cool. First you try to discourage old people with tiny text boxes, next you force us to learn how to use a brand new calendar? Take a look at this, and yes it took skill to grab a screen shot. I had to hold the left mouse button down with my right hand, the ctrl button with my left and use an ink pen in my mouth to hit the print screen.
Note the drop down: The Years on the left are the even numbered years, now if you were to hold down the double arrows on the right, it will displace the odd years. I can just imagine the end users trying to figure this one out as they're joining the sites. Looking for way to disable this thing if it's what I'm stuck with.
The calendar in D6 was far more user friendly than this one is, even with the issues people had with it.