SO - 4710166
by Arun P Johny
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.7/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<div class="demo">
<p>Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker"></p>
</div>
JavaScript
$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker({dateFormat:"dd M yy"}).datepicker("setDate",new Date());