Question

I have an input textfield in my html file:

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

I assign, using jQuery a uidatepicker to this textfield:

$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker({
    dateFormat: 'dd-mm-yy',
    maxDate: new Date(theDate.getFullYear(), theDate.getMonth(), theDate.getDate())
});

Once the user selects a date, they press the “Go” button. I need to obtain the date entered into the textfield via the datepicker. I have tried:

$("#go").click(function(e){             
     alert($("#datepicker").text());  //doesn't work         
}

but it doesn’t work….

EDIT:

Ok so after messing about the following works:

alert($("#datepicker").datepicker("getDate")); 

But the output is:

Tue Aug 09 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (BST)

I want it just as dd-mm-yy. I have already set the dateFormat for my datepicker, so I’m not sure how to get the correct output….

Answer 1

Replace .text() with .val() to be able to read the values placed into the textfield of the datepicker.