Parsing datepicker in jquery

Question

In forms I have two inputs for date ,StartDate input and End date input. I also have datepicker implemented ,

 $("#StartDate").datepicker();

datepicker formats it something like: 02/27/2013 which I don't like but ok.

I would like to parse date before putting it in serialized array. Is this good aproach and if it is how can I accoplish this?

How to accomplish that End Date inut is bigger than Start That, and not allow the oppsoite file submitting??

Answer 1

Try this:

 $.datepicker.parseDate('dd/mm/yy', '22/04/2010');

Ref: https://jqueryui.com/datepicker/#date-formats

Answer 2

Once you set a datepicker, yes it does set the date in plain text, but it also retains the underlying date.

http://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/#method-getDate

var currentDate = $( ".selector" ).datepicker( "getDate" );