I need to set the initial date for the date picker to 03/20/2010 in mm-dd-yyyyy format. I have done this
<input id='datepicker' type='text' value='20/03/2010' />
But my problem is on clicking the field date picker populates with today's date as highlighed and no date selected, and up on selecting date value
But when i change my input field like one below
<input id='datepicker' type='text' value='03/20/2010' />
Date picker is populating March 20 as selected date and current date highlighted. But all in 'mm-dd-yyyy' format!
I want show all dates in 'dd-mm-yyyy' format. How can I solve this?
I tried some of the options and combinations below, but none of them solved my problem
$("#datepicker").datepicker();
$("#datepicker").datepick({dateFormat: 'mm/dd/yyyy'});
$("#datepicker").formatDate('dd/mm/yy');
$('#datepicker').datepicker("setDate", new Date($("#datepicker").val()) );
Update: Unfortunately i cant set Date value march 20 directly via javascript sice it is dynamically changing and is stored in a PHP variable. I need to get the default value from input field itself.