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<input type="text" placeholder="Date of birth" onfocus="(this.type='date')">
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<input type="text" placeholder="MM/DD/YYYY" onfocus="(this.type='date')" onblur="(this.type='text')">
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<!--
This might be not a good approach!
But, if it works, Don't touch it!
-->
<input
placeholder="Date"
class="textbox-n"
type="text"
onfocus="(this.type='date')"
onblur="(this.type='text')"
id="date" />
<!--
What I did is start with a text input field,
then change the type to a date input when the input is in focus.
-->
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<input type="text" placeholder="Birth Date" onfocus="(this.type='date')" onblur="if(this.value==''){this.type='text'}">
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<input type="text" name="lead_departure_date" class="form-control" placeholder="Departure Date" id="lead_departure_date" onfocus="(this.type='date')" onblur="(this.type='text')" required>
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<input placeholder="Date Of Birth (DD/MM/AAAA)" type="text" onfocus="(this.type='date')">