jquery datepicker: validate date

Question

i have set a jquery class:

$(function() {
            $( \".datepickerIT\" ).datepicker({
                showOtherMonths: true,
                selectOtherM         


        

Answer 1

You can validate the date in following ways (you don't need a plugin for it):-

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#datepicker").datepicker();
    $("#datepicker").blur(function(){
        val = $(this).val();
        val1 = Date.parse(val);
        if (isNaN(val1)==true && val!==''){
           alert("error")
        }
        else{
           console.log(val1);
        }
    });
});

Working fiddle

UPDATE: Correct approach is mentioned by @Razan Paul