how can i format jquery datepicker as “25-JAN-2009”

Question

I would have thought this was:

.datepicker({ dateFormat: \'dd-mmm-yyyy\' });

for month, I get some number that I don\'t understnad where th

Answer 1

This is a case where looking into the documentation is most helpful:

*  d - day of month (no leading zero)
* dd - day of month (two digit)
* o - day of the year (no leading zeros)
* oo - day of the year (three digit)
* D - day name short
* DD - day name long
* m - month of year (no leading zero)
* mm - month of year (two digit)
* M - month name short
* MM - month name long
* y - year (two digit)
* yy - year (four digit)
* @ - Unix timestamp (ms since 01/01/1970)
* '...' - literal text
* '' - single quote
* anything else - literal text