HTML5 date field test (for Chrome bug)
Click into either date field.
The Javascript should pup up an alert with the value of the field for that element.
Because a valid date has been passed in with the value attribute, this should show "10/01/2012", but in Chrome, for the HTML-5 date field, nothing shows.
Reset this value by hand, then click again, and it will now show.
HTML
<form method="post">
<div>
<label>HTML-5: </label>
<input value="10/01/2012" type="date" id="dateFieldHtml5" class='dateTest'/>
</div>
<div>
<label>HTML-4: </label>
<input value="10/01/2012" id="dateFieldHtml4" class='dateTest'/>
</div>
</form>
JavaScript
$(".dateTest").click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
alert("The value of this field is currently set to: " + $(this).val());
});