I have a div in which there is a datepicker. I use something like this to clone it:

mydiv = $('#someDiv');

// works fine so far
mydiv.find('input.datefield').datepicker();

// clone without the events and insert
newDiv = myDiv.clone(false).insertAfter(myDiv);

// datepicker won't re-init if this class is present
newDiv.find('.hadDatepicker').removeClass('hadDatepicker');

// reinitialize datepicker
newDiv.find('input.datefield').datepicker();

This is a stripped down version of my code. It works and the calendar shows up as expected where it is expected .. but when a date is clicked, the previous datepicker's value gets updated.. (the one from which it was cloned).

I've tried to destroy the (inexisting) instance before like this:

newDiv.find('input.datefield').datepicker('destroy').datepicker();

No luck ..

I've checked how it keeps track of instances and manually cleared the data like this:

newDiv.find('input.datefield').data('datepicker', false).datepicker('destroy').datepicker();

Still no luck.

What I don't understand is that only the date selection behavior is buggy, everything else works as expected.

I really don't know what else to check now ..