jQuery Date Picker Input Date Format
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11104933/jquery-date-picker-input-date-format
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://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: 'mm-dd-yy',
});
});