HTML5 pattern for formatting input box to take date mm/dd/yyyy?

Question

I used jQuery datepicker and I want to restrict my input field with a HTML5 pattern if a user, instead of getting the date from jQuery datepicker, types the date.

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Answer 1

Try to use:

pattern="(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])/(0?[1-9]|1[012])/\d{4}"