Question

Is there a way to not have to write this ‘twice’
See below where the function for #start_date and #end_date is exactly the same.

<script type="text/javascript">

    jQuery(function($){

        $("#start_date").datepicker({
            showButtonPanel: true,
            minDate: 1,
            dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy'
        });

        $("#end_date").datepicker({
            showButtonPanel: true,
            minDate: 1,
            dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy'
        });     

    });

</script>

Answer 1

jQuery(function($){

    $("#start_date, #end_date").datepicker({
        showButtonPanel: true,
        minDate: 1,
        dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy'
    }); 

});

http://jsfiddle.net/LWQCE/

Or use a class:

(function($){

    $(".myDatePickers").datepicker({
        showButtonPanel: true,
        minDate: 1,
        dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy'
    }); 

});