Using Knockout.js how do bind a Date property to a HTML5 date picker?

Question

(this only works in Chrome at the moment as most browsers don\'t yet implement date picker for input type=\"date\")

In the following example MyDate starts o

Answer 1

The same as this custom binding, but using momentJS:

ko.bindingHandlers.datePicker = {
    init: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor, viewModel) {
        // Register change callbacks to update the model
        // if the control changes.
        ko.utils.registerEventHandler(element, "change", function () {
            var value = valueAccessor();
            value(moment(element.value).format());
        });
    },
    // Update the control whenever the view model changes
    update: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor, viewModel) {
        var value =  valueAccessor();
        element.value = moment(value()).format("YYYY-MM-DD");
    }
};