jQuery Date Picker Input Date Format

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11104933/jquery-date-picker-input-date-format

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.8.21/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
Normal Field : <input type="text" placeholder="Name">
<br><br><br>
Shown Field : <input id="thedate" type="text" placeholder="startdate"/><br />

JavaScript

$(function(){
    
    $('#thedate').datepicker({
        dateFormat: 'dd-mm-yy',
        altField: '#thealtdate',
        altFormat: 'yy-mm-dd'
    });
    
    $('input,textarea').focus(function(){
        $(this).data('placeholder',$(this).attr('placeholder'))
        console.log($(this).data('placeholder'));
        $(this).attr('placeholder','');
    });
    $('input,textarea').blur(function(){
        console.log("adding "+$(this).data('placeholder'));
        $(this).attr('placeholder',$(this).data('placeholder'));
    });
    
});