jQuery: datepicker alternative

Question

Is there a better, smaller alternative to the jQuery datepicker? The ui.datepicker.js has app. 70kb which is pretty huge imo. Could it be compressed?

Answer 1

It's not smaller in terms of file size, but arguably "better" is the Any+Time™ DatePicker/TimePicker AJAX Calendar Widget, which is probably the fastest, easiest and most feature-laden date/time picker available. It supports countless formats, custom labels & styles, jQuery UI themes, keyboard accessibility and even time zones! And best of all, it's free under the CC-BY-NC-SA license.