Using moment.js to convert date to string “MM/dd/yyyy”

Question

I need to take the date value from jquery datepicker turn it into string format \"MM/dd/yyyy\" so it can do the right ajax post. When the page loads or upon changing the datepic

Answer 1

Try this:

var momentObj = $("#start_ts").datepicker("getDate");

var yourDate = momentObj.format('L');