How do I change the HTML5 placeholder text that appears in date field in Chrome

Question

I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the following code, when viewed in Chrome, renders a datepicker:

Answer 1

Older question, but here is the solution I recently had to use.

You will not be able to use the HTML5 date field, but this can be done with jQuery UI datepicker. http://jsfiddle.net/egeis/3ow88r6u/

var $datePicker = $(".datepicker");

// We don't want the val method to include placehoder value, so removing it here.
var $valFn = $.fn.val;
$.fn.extend({
    val: function() {
        var valCatch = $valFn.apply(this, arguments);
        var placeholder = $(this).attr("placeholder");
        
        // To check this val is called to set value and the val is for datePicker element 
        if (!arguments.length && this.hasClass('hasDatepicker')) {
            if (valCatch.indexOf(placeholder) != -1) {
                return valCatch.replace(placeholder, "");
            }
        }
        return valCatch;
    }
});

// Insert placeholder as prefix in the value, when user makes a change.
$datePicker.datepicker({
    onSelect: function(arg) {
        $(this).val($(this).attr("placeholder") + arg);
    }
});

// Display value of datepicker
$("#Button1").click(function() {
    alert('call val(): {' + $datePicker.val() + '}');
});

// Submit
$('form').on('submit', function() {
    $datePicker.val($datePicker.val());
    alert('value on submit: {' + $datePicker[0].value + '}');
    return false;
});

.ui-datepicker { width:210px !important; }

    
HTML5 Date: 
    
jQuery DatePicker: 
    

    

    
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