JQueryUI Datepicker -ive Year
JQueryUI Datepicker doesn't support datformat for negative years in Gregorian calendar
by Sharad Upadhyay
HTML
Date Picker on input field: <input type="text" id="date1" name="date1"/> <br/>
CSS
#ui-datepicker-div { font-size: 12px; }
JavaScript
$('#date1').datepicker({
changeMonth: true,
changeYear: true,
showButtonPanel: true,
dateFormat: "dd/mm/-yy",
yearRange: "-5300:+3000",
minDate: new Date(-3227, 5, 23, 0),
maxDate: new Date(3000, 11, 31, 0)
});