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HTML

<div id="bar">date</div>
<input type="hidden" id="foo" value="" />

JavaScript

$('#foo').datepicker({dateFormat: "dd:mm:yy"}).change(function(){
    $('#bar').html($('#foo').val()); 
});
    
    $('#bar').click( function(){$('#foo').datepicker('show');});