Date Picker Plugin Causes field validation errors

Hello,
Has anyone else noticed that using the Datepicker plugin causes the form not to send because of “validation issues” even without any required fields in a form?

Contact Form 7 Datepicker Version 2.6.0

I changed the Date field to a standard text field and disabled the Datepicker plugin and now the form works perfectly.

Is there a fix for the Datepicker plugin?
It looks like the form is expecting it to be a required field (it is not, there’s no asterisk) and removing the [DATE] field was the only way to get the form working again.

I appreciate your time, thoughts, and help. Thank you!