DatePicker initialized with a french date format

[nachid]

Here is the scenario
A french environment with globalization set to "FR-fr"
I included the french kendo culture script and added the call to kendo.culture( 'FR-fr')

I have an input field that contains a datetime in a french format

<input id="EventDate" type="text" value="24/08/2012"  name="EventDate" >

I tried to transform this input field to a kendo datepicker but failed to have the correct date value
I tried so many combinations from

$("#EventDate").kendoDatePicker({format: "D"})

to

$("#EventDate").kendoDatePicker({
           format: "D",
           value: new Date($("#EventDateEnd").val())

  });

The new kendo datepicker correctly displayed but never picked up the correct date value : Friday, August 24, 2012

[nachid]

when I remove the format and keep it very simple, it works.

$("#EventDate").kendoDatePicker();

Reading the documentation again, it looks the format is only used to parse value set with value() method
I was used to use it as a display template.
I'm wondering how to change the display  format then
from my initial

<input id="EventDate" type="text" value="24/08/2012 "  name="EventDate" >

I want to get a datepicker that displays vendredi 24 aout 2012

I should then change the title of this thread and say how to change the display format for a datepicker widget