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">
<ul>
    <li><a href="#" id="datep">Test</a>
        <input type="hidden" id="dp" />
        <div></div>
    </li>
</ul>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#dp").datepicker({
        onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
            alert(dateText);
        },
    });

    $("#datep").click(function() {
        $("#dp").datepicker("show");
    });
});