iOS 4.2: Adding Birthdays to Calendars

Birthday events start with the Birthday field in Contacts

To add someone’s birthday to the Calendar app, do this:

• Launch the Contacts app on your iPad or iPod touch. On your iPhone, tap Phone, then Contacts.
• Select the contact you want to add a birthday date to, then tap Edit.

Enter the date in the Birthday field

• Tap add field, then select Birthday.
• Enter the birth date in the freshly added field.
• Tap Done.

Your friend’s birthday is now part of their contact info

The birthdays you add to Contacts will appear as untimed events in the Calendar app, complete with a wrapped present badge to let you they are special events.

Contact’s birthdays appear events in Calendar

[Thanks to maggiecda for asking me on Twitter about adding birthdays as events.]