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Learn how to configure jQuery UI Datepicker to display dates in `dd-mm-yyyy` format while saving them as `yyyy-mm-dd`. This step-by-step guide helps you effectively manage date formats in your user interface.
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Format jQuery UI Datepicker: Display dd-mm-yyyy and Save as yyyy-mm-dd

Handling date formats is a common requirement in many web applications. When working with the jQuery UI Datepicker, there's often a need to display dates in a user-friendly format such as dd-mm-yyyy, but save them in a standard format like yyyy-mm-dd. Let's explore how to achieve this seamlessly.

Setting Up the Display Format

To start, you'll want to initialize the jQuery UI Datepicker with the desired display format:

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This snippet ensures that the date shown to the user is in the dd-mm-yyyy format.

Saving the Date in a Different Format

Displaying the date correctly is just one part of the equation. When it comes to saving the date, often in databases or through forms, the format needs to be practical for storage and processing, such as yyyy-mm-dd. This can be done by converting the date before saving it.

Here's a function to handle this conversion:

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In the example above, once the user selects a date, saveDate can be called to reformat and log the date as yyyy-mm-dd. You can replace the console.log with a piece of code that saves the date to a server, database, or wherever necessary.

Binding the Save Function to a Form Submission

Typically, this saving function would be triggered by a form submission. You can bind the saveDate function to a form's submit event like this:

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This ensures that when the form is submitted, the date is properly formatted and ready for storage.

Final Thoughts

Managing date formats can be tricky, but with jQuery UI Datepicker, it's relatively straightforward. By setting the display format to dd-mm-yyyy and handling the save format separately as yyyy-mm-dd, you can ensure both user-friendly interfaces and practical back-end data storage.

Integrate these snippets into your project to offer a better date handling mechanism effortlessly.