I can not save date in MVC - asp.net-mvc

Question

I've this model which has a couple of columns and one of them is date, but on post I get nothing of date, only in case if I give it the value of DateTime.Now then it will save the current date but If had selected some other date in the datepicker it will not save that as it should, so How can I pass the date to the view model on post, I can pass all the date from dropdown and textboxes but date is no where to found. Here is the code
My view model
[Display(Name = "Requested Date")]
[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:yyyy-MM-dd}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
[DataType(DataType.Date)]
public DateTime? RequestDate { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Job Number")]
public string JobNo { get; set; }
Here is the Post Create method code
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
var model = new PECEquipmentRequest()
{
ProjectId = pecEquipmentRequest.ProjectId,
JobNo = pecEquipmentRequest.JobNo,
RequestDate = pecEquipmentRequest.RequestDate
};
db.PECEquipmentRequests.Add(model);
db.SaveChanges();
}
and here is the my razor syntax
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.RequestDate, htmlAttributes: new { #class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.RequestDate, new { htmlAttributes = new { #Value = DateTime.Now,#class = "form-control datepicker" } })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.RequestDate, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.JobNo, htmlAttributes: new { #class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.JobNo, new { htmlAttributes = new { #class = "form-control" } })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.JobNo, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
</div>
</div>
and here is the kendo date picker that I'm using
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".datepicker").kendoDatePicker();
});

Answer 1

You can parse the date to the required format in the server side.
DateTime.ParseExact(str, "yyyyMMddHHmmss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);