datepicker-focus.js

      /*
         After jquery ui datepicker selection, blur and change 
         events fire before focus is returned to the input field,
         handling a quirk from IE browsers 
      */

      $("input.dateInput").datepicker({
            changeMonth: true,
            changeYear: true,
            showAnim: "fadeIn",
            yearRange: 'c-30:c+30',
            showButtonPanel: true,
            
            /* fix buggy IE focus functionality */
            fixFocusIE: false,
            
            /* blur needed to correctly handle placeholder text */
            onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
                  this.fixFocusIE = true;
                  $(this).blur().change().focus();
            },
            onClose: function(dateText, inst) {
                  this.fixFocusIE = true;
                  this.focus();
            },
            beforeShow: function(input, inst) {
                  var result = $.browser.msie ? !this.fixFocusIE : true;
                  this.fixFocusIE = false;
                  return result;
            }
      });