jQuery UI datepicker change event not caught by KnockoutJS

Question

I\'m trying to use KnockoutJS with jQuery UI. I have an input element with a datepicker attached. I\'m currently running knockout.debug.1.2.1.js and it seems th

Answer 1

Based on Ryan's solution, myDate returns the standard date string, which is not the ideal one in my case. I used date.js to parse the value so it will always return the date format you want. Take a look at this example fiddle Example.

update: function(element, valueAccessor) {
    var value = ko.utils.unwrapObservable(valueAccessor()),
        current = $(element).datepicker("getDate");
    var d = Date.parse(value);
    if (value - current !== 0) {
        $(element).datepicker("setDate", d.toString("MM/dd/yyyy"));   
    }
}