This example demonstrates passing a single option to bind against the value of the DatePicker widget.

<input data-bind="kendoDatePicker: startDate" />
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<div data-bind="text: startDate"> </div>

var ViewModel = function() {
    this.startDate = ko.observable(new Date());
};

                            ko.applyBindings(new ViewModel());

This example demonstrates passing additional options in the data-bind attribute with value now being explicitly specified. The setToToday button makes an update to the view model to show that the widget responds accordingly.

<input data-bind="kendoDatePicker: { value: startDate, max: maxDate, min: minDate }" />
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<button data-bind="click: setToToday">Set to Today</button>
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<div data-bind="text: startDate"> </div>

var ViewModel = function() {
    this.startDate = ko.observable(new Date(2012,10,30));
    this.maxDate = new Date(2012, 11 , 31);
    this.minDate = new Date(2012, 0, 1);
    this.setToToday = function() {
        this.startDate(new Date());
    };
};

                            ko.applyBindings(new ViewModel());

This example demonstrates setting global options in ko.bindingHandlers.kendoDatePicker.options. This helps to simplify the markup for settings that can be used as a default for all instances of this widget.

<input data-bind="kendoDatePicker: startDate" />
<hr/>
<button data-bind="click: setToToday">Set to Today</button>
<hr/>
<div data-bind="text: startDate"> </div>

var ViewModel = function() {
    this.startDate = ko.observable(new Date(2012,10,30));
    this.setToToday = function() {
        this.startDate(new Date());
    };
};

ko.bindingHandlers.kendoDatePicker.options = {
    min: new Date(2012, 0, 1),
    max: new Date(2012, 11, 31)
};

                            ko.applyBindings(new ViewModel());