Basic usage

Creating a DatePicker from <input />

Source:

<input id="datepicker" value="10/10/2011"/>

<script>
    $("#datepicker").kendoDatePicker();
</script>

Output:

Creating a month picker from <input />

Source:

<input id="monthpicker" value="10/1/2011"/>

<script>
    $("#monthpicker").kendoDatePicker({
        // defines the start view
        start: "year",

        // defines when the calendar should return date
        depth: "year",

        // display month and year in the input
        format: "MMMM yyyy"
    });
</script>

Output: