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

Try to use the

$( ".selector" ).datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy' });  

and there is lots of option available For the datepicker you can find it Here

http://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/

This is the way we call the datepicker with the parameter

$(function() {
      $('.selector').datepicker({
            dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy',
            changeMonth: true,
            numberOfMonths: 1,
            buttonImage: 'contact/calendar/calendar.gif',
            buttonImageOnly: true,
            onSelect: function(selectedDate) {
                 // we can write code here 
             }
      });
});