jQuery UI: Show the required date format after the date field

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:35 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

jQuery UI Fundamental - I : Exercise-21

Create a simple jQuery UI Datepicker. Show the required date format after the date field.

Sample solution :

HTML Code :

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/jquery-ui-git.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-git.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/jquery-ui-git.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>Create a simple jQuery UI Datepicker. Show the required date format after the date field.</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Pick a Date : <input type="text" id="datepicker" /></p>  
</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code :

$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker();

$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker( "option", "appendText", "(mm-dd-yyyy)" );

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Previous: Initialize the datepicker. Now pick a date from the datepicker into a textbox and update the date (different format) in another textbox.
Next: Initialize the datepicker and autoSize the date field.