title: Need help overwriting kendo ui validation
body: <p>I am trying to overwrite the date validation within my code so i can validate the date as DD/MM/YYYY.<br> Below is my code and i'm being shown an <strong><code>error message reading</code></strong> :</p>
  
  <pre><code>Unable to get property 'methods' of undefined or null reference 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can some please help? Im guessing the overwrite of validation code is incorrect.</p>
  
  <pre><code>var validator = $("#searchStartDate").kendoValidator();
  
  var validator = $("#searchStartDate").kendoValidator().data("kendoValidator");
  
   $.validator.methods.date = function (value, element) {
                             return this.optional(element) || $.kendoDatePicker.parseDate('dd/mm/yy', value);
                          }
  
  //Picker Start Date
   $(document).ready(function () {
        $("#searchStartDate").kendoDatePicker({ format: "dd/MM/yyyy", culture: "en-GB" });
    });
  </code></pre>