Date formatting with jQuery UI

by Vijaya Chandran Mani

HTML

<input type="text" name="date_format" id="date_format" />
<div id="dateFormat"></div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('#date_format').keyup(function() { 
        var dateFormat = $(this).val()
        var dateString = $.datepicker.formatDate(dateFormat, new Date());
        console.log(dateString);
        $("#dateFormat").html(dateString);
    });
});