Jquery datepicker format date not working

Question

Here is my code:

$(function () {
    $(\"#datepicker\").datepicker({ dateFormat: \'DD-MM-YY\' });
});

And the datetime picker is shown, but

Answer 1

Setting the default format will solve the problem, this solution works for me while all above do not.

$.datepicker.setDefaults({
     dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd'
});

Source: Datepicker: Adding dateFormat is giving an error