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

You want:

$('.selector').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd-M-yy' });

See the docs.

The date format strings are somewhat non-standard:

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