JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<p>Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker" onclick="javascript:hideIt();" /></p>
<input type="button" onclick="javascript:showIt();" value="Show It !" />

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $("#datepicker").datepicker();
});


function hideIt(){
    $( "#datepicker" ).datepicker( "hide" );
    //custom logic
}

function showIt(){   
    $( "#datepicker" ).datepicker("show");
}