jQuery UI datepicker will not display - full code included

Question

I am having trouble displaying the jQuery datepicker as shown here: http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/

I believe I downloaded all of the proper files, but to be c

Answer 1

I had the similar issue. My resolution was to add z-indexin .date-picker of datePicker.css

.date-picker {
position: absolute;
z-index:1000;/*********** MY Change *************/
font-size: 1em;
color: #CCC;
text-align: center;
cursor: default;

border: 1px solid #444;
border-radius: 2px;
margin: 6px 0;
background: #222;
box-shadow: 8px 8px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);} 

That's it!!! And Lo the date picker started displaying. Hope this helps some one who'd come here for similar issues.