New Post: Using SPServices or JQuery to change Control Mode

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<label style="display:none" for="ctl00_m_g_7ac31d91_600f_4b8e_8e71_277b1992cc3b_ctl00_ctl05_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_DateTimeField_DateTimeFieldDate">Due Date Date</label>
<input id="ctl00_m_g_7ac31d91_600f_4b8e_8e71_277b1992cc3b_ctl00_ctl05_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_DateTimeField_DateTimeFieldDate" class="ms-input" type="text" autopostback="0" title="Due Date" maxlength="45" value="4/18/2014" name="ctl00$m$g_7ac31d91_600f_4b8e_8e71_277b1992cc3b$ctl00$ctl05$ctl04$ctl00$ctl00$ctl04$ctl00$ctl00$DateTimeField$DateTimeFieldDate">
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<td class="ms-dtinput">
<a onclick="clickDatePicker("ctl00_m_g_7ac31d91_600f_4b8e_8e71_277b1992cc3b_ctl00_ctl05_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_DateTimeField_DateTimeFieldDate", "\u002fCAPA\u002f_layouts\u002fiframe.aspx?&cal=1&lcid=1033&langid=1033&tz=-05:00:00.0005187&ww=0111110&fdow=0&fwoy=0&hj=0&swn=False&minjday=109207&maxjday=2666269&date=", "2014-04-18", event);return false;" href="#">
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What would the jquery look like to change this input to a display? Would spservices work better to make this change?