How to achieve Functional binding with ng-model (With plnkr)

Question

I have a dob column and values comes in this is in yyyy-mm-dd format say 2013-01-01 and I need to show it in input box as 1 Jan. I can achieve this by writing a function and then return exact value from that function. But function could not be called from input box using ng-model where as it can be called using ng-bind in spans. I can understand that function calling in input box will break two way binding. But what other approach I can use for this. http://plnkr.co/edit/pZDpypsxM1OA2JwFhjjp?p=preview ```

Accepted Answer

You can use ng-init to assign the value returned by the function and assign it to a model:

```
<input ng-init="myDOB = getDateOfBirth(dob);" type="text" ng-model="myDOB">
```

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How to achieve Functional binding with ng-model (With plnkr)

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