How do you programmatically clear HTML5 date fields?

Question

I\'m looking for a way to programmatically clear HTML5 date fields with Javascript (specifically jQuery). So far I have tried two methods which I thought obvious:

Answer 1

$("input[type=date]").val("") works for me in chrome. It sets the input field to dd/mm/yyyy.

Maybe it's browser specific. Most browsers have only partial or no support for this input: http://caniuse.com/input-datetime