How to make jqueryUI datepicker submit in a different format than what is being displayed?

Question

I\'m working on some internationalization using jQueryUI. I have a DatePicker control on a form that is properly working in the French language.

When I select a dat

Answer 1

As @Pawel-Dyda mentioned, There's a

getDate() method

var currentDate = $( ".selector" ).datepicker( "getDate" );

Here's an example of what it returns: Wed Jan 20 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0300.

You can parse it in Javascript, PHP, in SQL or whatever.

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MySQL parsing examlple:

select str_to_date('Wed Jan 20 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0300','%a %b %d %Y %H:%i:%s');

Returns:

2016-01-20 00:00:00