JQuery UI Datepicker date format issue with initial value

Question

I need to set the initial date for the date picker to 03/20/2010 in mm-dd-yyyyy format. I have done this

Answer 1

You need a combination of dateFormat and defaultDate options:

$("#datepicker").datepicker(
{
    dateFormat: 'mm/dd/yyyy',
    defaultDate: '20/03/2010'
});

there are, however, many different ways to specify the default date. I'm not sure what you need so you can reference the API here: http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Datepicker#option-defaultDate.

Answer 2

mm equals minutes not months.
Use dd/MM/yyyy instead.

Answer 3

Also remember that type="date" will make issue, so set type as text.

Answer 4

Not accurate!!!

$("#datepicker").datepicker(
{
    dateFormat: 'mm/dd/yyyy',
    defaultDate: '20/03/2010'
});

You must to put the right format in dateFormat : for your example there is : dd/mm/yy two mistake:

• day/month inversion
• year is only two 'y' not four

Answer 5

$('#datepicker').datepicker('option', 'dateFormat', 'dd-mm-yy');

Year is specified as y for 2 digits and yy for 4 digits, as stated here.