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HTML
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<input data-val="true" data-val-required="The StartDate field is required." id="StartDate" name="StartDate" readonly="True" type="text" value="12/12/2013 00:00:00" />
JavaScript
$("#StartDate").datepicker({ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd' });