<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>jQuery UI Datepicker - Format date</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css"> <script src="../../jquery-1.8.2.js"></script> <script src="../../ui/jquery.ui.core.js"></script> <script src="../../ui/jquery.ui.widget.js"></script> <script src="../../ui/jquery.ui.datepicker.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../demos.css"> <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>