MVC5 Useful Links

Searching & Filters: An example of adding a search text box, and a dropdown list filter.
jQuery Popup Calendars An example of adding editor and display templates so that text boxes for dates offer a popup calendar
A jQuery Plugin for DateTimePicker Very flexible and lots of options
Bootstrap3 DateTime Picker Looks very similar to the jQuery date picker, but can add time as well.
Another Bootstrap DateTimePicker Another example of date and time picking using bootstrap
Enum DropdownLists A new way of adding dropdwon list based on enumerations. but only available in MVC 5.1+
MVC Calendar The article explains how to integrate dhtmlxScheduler, an AJAX-based, interactive event calendar, in your ASP.NET MVC application