Test Case Boilerplate

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HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/jquery-ui-git.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/jquery-ui-git.css">
<html>
<body>
    <input class="date" id="foo" value="11/11/11">
</body>
</html>

JavaScript

$('input.date')
 .datepicker(
      { dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy', showOn: 'button', 
        buttonImage: 'Images/calendar.gif', buttonImageOnly: true 
  })
 .blur(function(event) {
   jqTarget = $(this);
   jqTarget.val('1/1/2000');
});