This example shows DatePicker abilities to parse input value depending on given server date format or predefined words.

DatePicker uses the default date format provided from server to parse the input. The parsing starts when input looses its focus or user clicks "Enter" button. If the value cannot be parsed an error state class is added to the input.

Other feature of the datepicker parsing is the ability to generate date depending on predified words. The available combinations are:

If you need to localize the predefined words you should provide own $.telerik.cultureInfo object, which contains localized definitions for "today", "tomorrow" and etc.