JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Nick Hulea

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.7.2/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

<input type='text' id='dude' />
<div id='date'></div>

JavaScript

dateVariable = undefined;

$("#dude").datepicker({ 
    dateFormat: 'dd, MM, yy', 
    onClose: function(dateText) { 
        dateVariable = dateText; 
        alert(dateVariable); 
        alert($("#dude").val()) ;
    }
});

var ds = $.datepicker.formatDate('dd, MM, yy', new Date("20 April 2012"));
        
$("#date").html(ds);