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feat: datetime, allow for optional year selection

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### Describe the Feature Request

The new ion-datetime component should support selection of a date without a specific year. If I add a birthday or a date (like named where year selection makes no sense) on the native address book of iOS (and a few android flavours I tried) the picker has option for year "----". The selected date then shows as Day-Month only with no year element.

![IMG_7533526322B9-1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/803983/154431394-c96a254d-0628-4b8b-99e4-dbeebab8011d.jpeg)

![Screenshot_20220217-100248_Contacts](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/803983/154431823-1be803a2-77a6-4a30-bd02-05662225f7e0.jpg)

### Describe the Use Case

Select a date that is not defined by a year, such as a recurring date or range that does not have a defined start year or the year is not important.

### Describe Preferred Solution

An attribute that indicates the year selection is optional would be the ideal solution I believe. The Datetime component then would have an extra year option denoted as '----' which could set the year to an extreme (say 9999) to differentiate from an explicit year selection since a valid date has to be returned by the component in all modes.

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