Issue with jQuery datepicker beforeShow date format

Question

I have intergrated jQuery datepicker, date format I want in the datepicker text box is e.g. "Fri, Aug 4", this is all working.

Problem: When I open the calendar with date ("Fri Aug 4") in the text box , this date gets highlighted in the calendar but the date format in the calendar text box is changed to "08/04/2017".

I always want the date to be shown in my own format in the text box in any context, but that's not happening. I have "onSelect" function which formats the selected date and shows up properly in the text box. The issue is when the calendar opens. Below is my "beforeShow" code. Can someone help me in fixing this?

$("#exercise_date").datepicker({
    beforeShow: function(input, inst) {              
        var objStartDate = new Date( $("#exercise_date").data("selectedDate") );
        var customFormatDateStr = dayName[objStartDate.getDay()]+", "+months[objStartDate.getMonth()]+" "+objStartDate.getDate();
        $("#exercise_date").val( customFormatDateStr );
        $(this).datepicker("setDate", new Date($("#exercise_date").data("selectedDate")));              
    },
    enableOnReadonly: true,
    minDate: new Date( '2017-06-01T08:30:00Z' ),
    maxDate: new Date(),
    autoclose: true,
    hideIfNoPrevNext: true,
    onSelect: function(selectedDate){
        var displayDateObj = new Date( selectedDate );
        var customFormatDateStr = dayName[displayDateObj.getDay()]+", "+months[displayDateObj.getMonth()]+" "+displayDateObj.getDate();
        $("#exercise_date").val(customFormatDateStr);
        $("#exercise_date").data("selectedDate",selectedDate);
    },
    onClose: function(input, inst) {
        var objStartDate = new Date( $(this).data("selectedDate") );
        var customFormatDateStr = dayName[objStartDate.getDay()]+", "+months[objStartDate.getMonth()]+" "+objStartDate.getDate();
        $("#exercise_date").val( customFormatDateStr );
    }
});

Answer 1

Try this code

Add dateFormat option in your code

dateFormat: 'D, M dd'

---

• D : Day
• M : Month
• dd : Date

$(function(){
var today = "08/11/2017";
var objStartDate = new Date( today );
var months = ['Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec'];
var dayName = ['Sun','Mon','Tue','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat'];
var customFormatDateStr = dayName[objStartDate.getDay()]+", "+months[objStartDate.getMonth()]+" "+objStartDate.getDate();
$("#exercise_date").val( customFormatDateStr );
$("#exercise_date").data("selectedDate",today);
$("#exercise_date").datepicker({
          beforeShow: function(input, inst) {              
              var objStartDate = new Date( $("#exercise_date").data("selectedDate") );
              var customFormatDateStr = dayName[objStartDate.getDay()]+", "+months[objStartDate.getMonth()]+" "+objStartDate.getDate();
              $("#exercise_date").val( customFormatDateStr );
              $(this).datepicker("setDate", new Date($("#exercise_date").data("selectedDate")));              
          },
          enableOnReadonly: true,
          minDate: new Date( '2017-06-01T08:30:00Z' ),
          maxDate: new Date(),
          autoclose: true,
          dateFormat: 'D, M dd',
          hideIfNoPrevNext: true,
          onSelect: function(selectedDate){
            var displayDateObj = new Date( selectedDate );
            var customFormatDateStr = dayName[displayDateObj.getDay()]+", "+months[displayDateObj.getMonth()]+" "+displayDateObj.getDate();
            $("#exercise_date").val(customFormatDateStr);
            $("#exercise_date").data("selectedDate",selectedDate);
          },
          onClose: function(input, inst) {
            var objStartDate = new Date( $(this).data("selectedDate") );
            var customFormatDateStr = dayName[objStartDate.getDay()]+", "+months[objStartDate.getMonth()]+" "+objStartDate.getDate();
            $("#exercise_date").val( customFormatDateStr );
          },
        });
});

$(".ui-datepicker").css("font-size", 13);

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/themes/blitzer/jquery-ui.css">
Date : <input id="exercise_date" type="text" data-selectedDate="" />