MySQL Date Fields and PHP and jQueryUI
Here's how to quickly make jQuery UI work with MySQL date fields. Insert these scripts in the head of the document:

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-ui-1.8.4.custom.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){

// Datepicker
$('#datepicker').datepicker({
inline: true
});
//hover states on the static widgets
$('#dialog_link, ul#icons li').hover(
function() { $(this).addClass('ui-state-hover'); }, 
function() { $(this).removeClass('ui-state-hover'); }
);
});
</script>

Make sure to set your input like this:

<td><input type="text" name="ck_date" value="" size="32" id="datepicker"></td>

Then, to get MySQL to work with a date field, change this:

$('#datepicker').datepicker({
inline: true
});
To this:

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

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