MVC3 Validation with ComponentModel.DataAnnotations for UK date format (also using jquery ui datepicker)

Question

I see there are some similar questions to this, but none solve my issue.

I am working on an MVC3 app with Entity Framework 4.3. I have a UK date field that i plan t

Answer 1

I believe there is a bug in the script version of the jquery ui datepicker that ships with the mvc3 framework (jquery-ui-1.8.11.js).

If you specify the date in the uk format (as indeed the blog states):

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('.date').datepicker({dateFormat: "dd/mm/yy"});
});

then jquery-ui-1.8.11.js seems to have an issue with validating the date and keeps asking for a valid uk date (but the validation appears random). If you change the date format to "mm/dd/yy" then this issue will go away but thats no good for uk dates.

The issue has been resolved in a later version of that library so download the latest version (I believe 1.8.18 at time of writing) or reference the cdn: