title: Open Datepicker by clicking a Link
body: <p>I am using JQuery UI's Datepicker on my web page. Currently, I have been successful in getting it to work with a textfield called "mydate". The code is as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$('#releasedate').datepicker({
                  changeYear: 'true',
                  changeMonth:'true',
                  startDate: '07/16/1989',
                  firstDay: 1
              });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I want a small change. Instead of the text field, I would like to display a link called "Select Date" which should open the datepicker, and upon selecting a date, a hidden text field's value needs to be updated. </p>
  
  <p>I tried different ways to do it, but have been unsuccessful. JQuery experts, can you please help me? I am eagerly waiting to receive a solution for this. Thank you very much in advance.</p>