JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.14/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.9.0/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<p>Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker"></p>

JavaScript

$('#datepicker').datepicker({
            /* fix buggy IE focus functionality */
            fixFocusIE: false,    
            /* blur needed to correctly handle placeholder text */
            onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
                  this.fixFocusIE = true;
                        $(this).change().focus();
            },
            onClose: function(dateText, inst) {
                  this.fixFocusIE = true;
                  this.focus();
            },
            beforeShow: function(input, inst) {
                  var result = $.browser.msie ? !this.fixFocusIE : true;
                  this.fixFocusIE = false;
                  return result;
            }
}).click(function(){$(this).focus()});