SO - 18326353

by Arun P Johny

HTML

<input id="test" />

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('#test').datepicker({
        dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy',
        onSelect: function (date) {
            var dt = $.datepicker.parseDate( 'dd/mm/yy', date)
            alert(dt.getDate()); 
        }
    });
});