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

Here is an out of the box future proof date snippet. Firefox defaults to jquery ui datepicker. Otherwise HTML5 datepicker is used. If FF ever support HTML5 type="date" the script will simply be redundant. Dont forget the three dependencies are needed in the head tag.