How do I *completely* remove a jQuery UI datepicker?

Question

I\'ve got a date text field I wish to only sometimes attach a DatePicker to, because I have some of my own text-handling scripts which handle partial date strings.

Answer 1

depending on your situation, you could do it server side

Ex. in asp-like sytax

<% if( showDatePicker ) {%>
    $('#dp-div').DatePicker(); // or whatever
<% } %>

Edit
How about setting the dateFormat of the datepicker? ie

$( ".selector" ).datepicker({ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd' });

you might be wanting

$( ".selector" ).datepicker({ dateFormat: '...' });