JQuery UI Datepicker date format issue with initial value

Question

I need to set the initial date for the date picker to 03/20/2010 in mm-dd-yyyyy format. I have done this

Answer 1

$('#datepicker').datepicker('option', 'dateFormat', 'dd-mm-yy');

Year is specified as y for 2 digits and yy for 4 digits, as stated here.