JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.0/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.0/jquery-ui.js"></script>
Start Date: <input class="questionDate" value=" 05/16/2015 ">
<br>
End Date: <input class="questionDate" value=" 05/31/2015 "><br>

JavaScript

$(function() {
     $("input.questionDate").datepicker({
            dateFormat: 'mm/dd/yy'
        });


        $("input.questionDate").each(function(){
            var currentValue = $(this).val();
            if(currentValue)
                $(this).datepicker('setDate',new Date(currentValue));

        });
        $("input.questionDate").keydown(function(event) {
            if(event.keyCode != 8){
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        });
    
});