Get value of date-picker jquery

Question

 var dateFrom = $('#date-frm').datepicker('getDate');
 alert(dateFrom);

It displays: Thu May 09 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0800

I want to display it in this format: 2013-05-09

`getDate()` returns a Javascript Date object, not a string. – Barmar May 16 '13 at 05:30 — Barmar, May 16 '13 at 05:30

alwaysLearn · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-16T05:37:17.583

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You need to change the format of datepicker like

var dateFrom = $('#date-frm').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd' }).val();

you can have look at this article or datepicker documentation

edited May 16 '13 at 05:37

answered May 16 '13 at 05:31

alwaysLearn

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '13 at 05:39

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getDate returns Date object not a string, you can format the date object using formatDate

var dateFrom = $('#date-frm').datepicker('getDate');
alert($.datepicker.formatDate('yy-mm-dd', dateFrom));

answered May 16 '13 at 05:39

Arun P Johny

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