Kendo UI

jQuery + Kendo UI + MockJax + Knockout

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2013.1.319/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2013.1.319/styles/kendo.blueopal.min.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2013.1.319/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<input id="datepicker" />

JavaScript

var todaysDate = new Date();
var pastDate = new Date(2013, 1, 1);

var dp = $("#datepicker").kendoDatePicker({
   // value: pastDate,
     min: pastDate,
     open: function(e) {
         if ( dp.min() == pastDate)  {
            //dp.value(todaysDate);
            dp.min(todaysDate);
         }
      }
}).data("kendoDatePicker");