How to get the date from jQuery UI datepicker

Question

I want to get the date from datepicker whenever user choose the date in jQuery UI datepicker and click the button on the form.

well I need to get the day, month and

Answer 1

You can retrieve the date by using the getDate function:

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

The value is returned as a JavaScript Date object.

If you want to use this value when the user selects a date, you can use the onSelect event:

$("#datepicker").datepicker({
   onSelect: function(dateText, inst) { 
      var dateAsString = dateText; //the first parameter of this function
      var dateAsObject = $(this).datepicker( 'getDate' ); //the getDate method
   }
});

The first parameter is in this case the selected Date as String. Use parseDate to convert it to a JS Date Object.

See http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Datepicker for the full jQuery UI DatePicker reference.