Getting odd format on Bootstrap datetimepicker when I specify dd/mm/yyyy format

Question

I'm using Bootstrap datetimepicker. I need it to format the date as dd/mm/yyyy, not mm/dd/yyyy.

The documentation says this:

format

String. Default: “mm/dd/yyyy”

The date format, combination of d, dd, D, DD, m, mm, M, MM, yy, yyyy.

• d, dd: Numeric date, no leading zero and leading zero, respectively. Eg, 5, 05.
• D, DD: Abbreviated and full weekday names, respectively. Eg, Mon, Monday.
• m, mm: Numeric month, no leading zero and leading zero, respectively. Eg, 7, 07.
• M, MM: Abbreviated and full month names, respectively. Eg, Jan, January
• yy, yyyy: 2- and 4-digit years, respectively. Eg, 12, 2012.

so I have changed this:

$('#datetimepicker6').datetimepicker();

to this:

$('#datetimepicker6').datetimepicker({
    format: 'dd/mm/yyyy'
});

However, I am now getting weird input values. Instead of 01/05/2015, I get Fr/35/yyyy.

What on earth is going on?

Answer 1

The dd doing what it said DD would do was a clue.

I'm not sure why this happened, since it seems to work for others, but I was able to solve it by using DD/MM/YYYY (contrary to what the documentation says).

$('#datetimepicker6').datetimepicker({
    format: 'DD/MM/YYYY'
});

gives this:

and with the hours in:

$('#datetimepicker6').datetimepicker({
    format: 'DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm'
});