jQuery UI DatePicker - Change Date Format

Question

I am using the UI DatePicker from jQuery UI as the stand alone picker. I have this code:

And the

Answer 1

The getDate method of datepicker returns a date type, not a string.

You need to format the returned value to a string using your date format. Use datepicker's formatDate function:

var dateTypeVar = $('#datepicker').datepicker('getDate');
$.datepicker.formatDate('dd-mm-yy', dateTypeVar);

The full list of format specifiers is available here.