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

I think the correct way to do this would be something like this:

var picker = $('.date-picker');
var date = $.datepicker.formatDate(
    picker.datepicker('option', 'dateFormat'),
    picker.datepicker('getDate'));

This way you make sure the format string is defined only once and you use the same formatter to translate the format string into the formatted date.