If you create an implicit style for DatePicker, for example, like this:
<Style TargetType="telerikInput:RadDatePicker">
<Setter Property="SpinnerFormat" Value ="yyy/MMM/dd"/>
<Setter Property="DisplayStringFormat" Value ="yyyy/MMM/dd"/>
<Setter Property="IsClearButtonVisible" Value ="True"/>
<Setter Property="IsToggleButtonVisible" Value ="True"/>
</Style>
an "object reference not set to an instance of an object" exception is raised.
As a temporary workaround, set the SpinnerFormat and DisplayStringFormat properties directly to the DatePicker instance.