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HTML

<input id="dpinput"></input>

CSS

#ui-datepicker-div.hidden-body .ui-datepicker-calendar {
    display:none;
}

JavaScript

var fromDate = new Date(2012, 10, 1),
    toDate = new Date(2013, 11, 1);
var selectedDate;
$('#dpinput').datepicker({
    changeMonth: true,
    changeYear: true,
    minDate: fromDate,
    maxDate: toDate,
    defaultDate: toDate,
    dateFormat: 'MM yy',
    beforeShow: function () {
        $('#ui-datepicker-div').addClass('hidden-body');
        console.log(selectedDate);
        $('#dpinput').datepicker('setDate', selectedDate);
    },
    onClose: function (v, inst) {
        selectedDate = inst.selectedDate;
        console.log(selectedDate);
    }
});
console.log(selectedDate);