Bootstrap datepicker -- how to get date as a string in the right format?

bootstrap-datepicker, datepicker, twitter-bootstrap

Solution

The `data-date-format="mm/dd/yyyy"` needs to be set on the input:

<input type="text" data-date-format="MM/DD/YYYY">

Your jQuery should also be changed to:

var value = $("#myDate input").datepicker("getDate");

Or you can just keep things simple with no wrapping `div` and with this your original jQuery would work fine and you wouldn't have to specify `input`:

<input type="text" id="myDate" data-date-format="YYYY-MM-DD">

Suggestion I would recommend creating a class to format the datepicker. So that you can then add the `.datepicker` class to any input field and it would work without having to specify another variable.

Fiddle Here is working code with alert of date http://jsfiddle.net/doitlikejustin/HFuDg/1/

Problem

I'm using Bootstrap datepicker. The answer is probably obvious, but I can't figure out how to get the selected date as a string in the specified format. I used: ``` <div id="myDate" data-date-format="yyyy-mm-dd"> <input type="text"> </div> ``` And in my javascript: ``` var value = $("#myDate").datepicker("getDate"); ``` But it returns a date, not a string in yyyy-mm-dd format.

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