DatePicker Custom Initial View Date

When the date picker is launched, the custom initial view date is used for the calendar. But when a time is entered into the box, the current date is used instead of the custom initial date. Is there a way to apply the same custom initial view date to the input box as well?

I'm unable to reproduce this on our demo:



It works correctly if the DatePicker control is used to enter the time, but I don't think it works the same way if the time value is entered into the box directly. If I just enter 12:34 into the input box, it will still default to the current date. Is it possible to have those two input methods produce the same output?

Is it possible to use the initial view date when a time is entered directly, without opening the DatePicker control itself? Or does the DatePicker control need to be opened, and then the time values entered into those two input fields?

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