diff --git a/lib/browse/Criteria.inc b/lib/browse/Criteria.inc
index de3c4f0..62ef340 100644
--- a/lib/browse/Criteria.inc
+++ b/lib/browse/Criteria.inc
@@ -272,12 +272,24 @@ class DateCreatedCriterion extends BrowseCriterion {
     }
     function searchWidget ($aRequest) {
         global $default;
+        
+        //  this is not ideal, but we don't actually have access to the 
+        // dispatcher's oPage object.
+        
+        // even worse, we may _not_ have the items we want.
+        
+        global $main;
+        
         $sStartWidget = $this->getWidgetBase() . "_start";
         $sEndWidget = $this->getWidgetBase() . "_end";
+        /* // legacy code.
         $sToRender = "After date: <input type=\"text\" size=\"10\" name=\"" . $sStartWidget . "\" />";
         $sToRender .= "&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"javascript:show_calendar('MainForm." . $sStartWidget . "',null,null,'YYYY-MM-DD', false);\" onmouseover=\"window.status='Date Picker';return true;\" onmouseout=\"window.status='';return true;\"><img src=\"$default->graphicsUrl/calendar/calendar.gif\" name=\"imgCalendar\" width=\"34\" height=\"21\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"></a>";
         $sToRender .= " &nbsp; Before date: <input type=\"text\" size=\"10\" name=\"" . $sEndWidget . "\" />";
         $sToRender .= "&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"javascript:show_calendar('MainForm." . $sEndWidget . "',null,null,'YYYY-MM-DD', false);\" onmouseover=\"window.status='Date Picker';return true;\" onmouseout=\"window.status='';return true;\"><img src=\"$default->graphicsUrl/calendar/calendar.gif\" name=\"imgCalendar\" width=\"34\" height=\"21\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"></a>";
+        */
+        $sToRender = 'After Date: <span class="kt_calendar_holder"><strong class="kt_calendar_datetext">No Date Selected</strong><input type="hidden" name="' . $sStartWidget . '" class="kt_calendar_value" /> <input type="button" onclick="init_kt_calendar(this);" value="select"></span> &mdash; ';
+        $sToRender .= 'Before Date: <span class="kt_calendar_holder"><strong class="kt_calendar_datetext">No Date Selected</strong><input type="hidden" name="' . $sEndWidget . '" class="kt_calendar_value" /> <input type="button" onclick="init_kt_calendar(this);" value="select"></span><br />';
         return $sToRender;
     }
     function searchSQL ($aRequest) {
diff --git a/resources/js/kt3calendar.js b/resources/js/kt3calendar.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..594cdd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/js/kt3calendar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * KT3 Calendar wrapper.
+ *
+ * use this with the following example code:
+ 
+<span class="kt_calendar_holder">
+   <strong class="kt_calendar_datetext">No Date Selected</strong>
+   <input type="hidden" name="my_var_name" class="kt_calendar_value" />
+   <input type="button" onclick="init_kt_calendar(this);">
+</span>
+
+ */
+
+function breadcrumbFind(elem, tagName) {
+    var stopTag = 'BODY';
+    var currentTag = elem.tagName;
+    var currentElem = elem;
+    while ((currentTag != stopTag) && (currentTag != tagName)) {
+        currentElem = currentElem.parentNode;
+        currentTag = currentElem.tagName;
+    }
+    
+    if (currentTag == tagName) { 
+        return currentElem; 
+    } else {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+function resolve_calendar_date(display, store, calendar, date) {
+    store.value = date;
+    display.innerHTML = date;
+    calendar.hide();
+}
+
+function close_calendar_ev(calendar) { calendar.hide(); }
+
+function init_kt_calendar(source) {
+    var match = breadcrumbFind(source, 'SPAN');
+    if (match == null) {
+        alert('invalid target for calendar.');
+    }
+    
+    // if we have done this already:
+    if (typeof(match._kt3cal) != 'undefined') {
+        match._kt3cal.show();
+    } else {
+        // create the partial'd functions.
+        var dwL = getElementsByTagAndClassName(null, 'kt_calendar_datetext', match);
+        var sL = getElementsByTagAndClassName(null, 'kt_calendar_value', match);
+        
+        if ((dwL.length == 0) || (sL.length == 0)) {
+            return null; // fail out.
+        }
+    
+        var resolve = partial(resolve_calendar_date, dwL[0], sL[0]);
+    
+        var c = new Calendar(0, null, resolve, close_calendar_ev);
+        c.showsTime = true;
+        c.setDateFormat('%Y/%m/%d %H:%M');
+        
+        c.create();
+        c.showAtElement(source,'Bc'); // the button
+        c.show();
+        match._kt3cal = c;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/templates/ktcore/boolean_search.smarty b/templates/ktcore/boolean_search.smarty
index e58cc95..d80685b 100644
--- a/templates/ktcore/boolean_search.smarty
+++ b/templates/ktcore/boolean_search.smarty
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 {$context->oPage->requireJSResource("resources/js/taillog.js")}
 {$context->oPage->requireJSResource("resources/js/constructed_search.js")}
 
+{$context->oPage->requireJSResource("resources/js/kt3calendar.js")}
+{$context->oPage->requireJSResource("thirdpartyjs/jscalendar-1.0/calendar.js")}
+{$context->oPage->requireJSResource("thirdpartyjs/jscalendar-1.0/lang/calendar-en.js")}
+{$context->oPage->requireJSResource("thirdpartyjs/jscalendar-1.0/calendar-setup.js")}
+{$context->oPage->requireCSSResource("thirdpartyjs/jscalendar-1.0/calendar-system.css")}
+
 {capture assign=sJS}
 {literal}
 function testStartup() {