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HTML
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.3.1315/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.3.1315/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.3.1315/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<input id="datepicker" value="10/10/2011" style="width:150px;" />
JavaScript
$("#datepicker").kendoDatePicker({
format: "MM/dd/yy"
});
$("#datepicker").data("kendoDatePicker").options.parseFormats = ["MM/dd/yyyy", "MM/dd/yy"]