score:5

The easiest way is:

$("#Date").attr("placeholder", "type date");

but you can also do:

var datePicker = $("#Date").data('kendoDatePicker');
datePicker.element.attr("placeholder", "type date");

Remember that element in DatePicker refers to the original input element.

Check both methods in the following code snippet.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $("#Date").kendoDatePicker({
  });

  $("#change1").on("click", function() {
    $("#Date").attr("placeholder", "type date 1");
  });
  $("#change2").on("click", function() {
    var datePicker = $("#Date").data('kendoDatePicker');
    datePicker.element.attr("placeholder", "type date 2");
  });
});
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.3.1316/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.3.1316/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.3.1316/js/kendo.web.min.js"></script>

<button class="k-button" id="change1">Change Method 1</button>
<button class="k-button" id="change2">Change Method 2</button>
<input id="Date" disabled="disabled"/>


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