It is a
permission issue.
DateTimeControl
field uses the iframe calender page to render the actual calender. The location
of iframe.aspx is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server
Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS
The
problem appeared to be with managed paths in the site collections, the Users
with "Contribute access" were accessing the following path:
http://myserver/_layouts/iframe.aspx
(Path to Root site collection where user doesn't have access)
The
solution: