How to get the selected date value while using Bootstrap Datepicker?

Question

Using jquery and the Bootstrap Datepicker, how do I get the new date value I selected using the Bootstrap Datepicker? FYI, I\'m using Rails 3 and Coffescript.

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Answer 1

I was able to find the moment.js object for the selected date with the following:

$('#datepicker').data('DateTimePicker').date()

More info about moment.js and how to format the date using the moment.js object

Answer 2

For bootstrap datepicker you can use:

$("#inputWithDatePicer").data('datepicker').getFormattedDate('yyyy-mm-dd');

Answer 3

this works with me for inline datepicker (and the other)

$('#startdate').data('datepicker').date

Answer 4

If you wan't the date in full text string format you can do it like this:

$('#your-datepicker').data().datepicker.viewDate

Answer 5

I tried with the above answers, but they didn't worked out for me; So as user3475960 referred, I used $('#startdate').html() which gave me the html text so i used it as necessary... May be some one will make use of it..

Answer 6

Generally speaking,

$('#startdate').data('date') 

is best because

$('#startdate').val()

not work if you have a datepicker "inline"