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Build jQuery UI Datepicker - Format date in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to build jQuery UI Datepicker - Format date.

Example


<!-- Revised from demo code on http://jqueryui.com/ -->
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Datepicker - Format date</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<!--   w w w.j a  v  a 2s .co  m-->
<script>
$(function() {
$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker();
$( "#format" ).change(function() {
$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker( "option", "dateFormat", $( this ).val() );
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p>Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker" size="30"/></p>

<p>Format options:<br />
<select id="format">
<option value="mm/dd/yy">Default - mm/dd/yy</option>
<option value="yy-mm-dd">ISO 8601 - yy-mm-dd</option>
<option value="d M, y">Short - d M, y</option>
<option value="d MM, y">Medium - d MM, y</option>
<option value="DD, d MM, yy">Full - DD, d MM, yy</option>
<option value="'day' d 'of' MM 'in the year' yy">With text - 'day' d 'of' MM 'in the year' yy</option>
</select>
</p>

<div class="demo-description">
<p>Display date feedback in a variety of ways.  Choose a date format from the dropdown, then click on the input and select a date to see it in that format.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Click to view the demo

The code above generates the following result.

Build jQuery UI Datepicker - Format date in JavaScript
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