get selected value in datePicker and format it

Question

In the datePicker selected 20.04.2012. I want to get this value, format it and store in a variable. I uses this code:

var date = $(\"#scheduleDate\"         


        

Answer 1

If you want to take the formatted value of input do this :

$("input").datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd, mm, yy' });

later in your code when the date is set you could get it by

dateVariable = $("input").val();

If you want just to take a formatted value with datepicker you might want to use the utility

dateString = $.datepicker.formatDate('dd, MM, yy', new Date("20 April 2012"));

I've updated the jsfiddle for experimenting with this