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">
Shown Field :
<input id="thedate" type="text" />
<br />

JavaScript

$(function() {

  $('#thedate').datepicker({
    dateFormat: 'dd-mm-yy',
    onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
      alert(dateText);
    }
  });

});