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HTML
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.515/styles/kendo.common.min.css "></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.515/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.515/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<input type="text" class="ctlDatePicker" value="01/25/12">
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".ctlDatePicker").kendoDatePicker();
$(".ctlDatePicker").bind("focus", function() {
$(this).data("kendoDatePicker").open();
});
});