overlapping date format in jquery

Question

I'm trying to set the datepicker up with a format like this

$("#date").datepicker({
dateFormat: 'date_yyyy-mm-dd'
});

I want it to output "date_2017-08-22" but the issue is that it outputs "22ate_20172017-08-22". Why is it doing that?

The dateFormat accept the following: api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/#utility-formatDate — Dekel
– Dekel, Commented Aug 19, 2017 at 16:13

Purple Haze · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-19 16:35:00Z

2

The d in date is considered as a day hence the 22 at the beginning, as for the years each 'yy' represents a year if you put 'yyyy' it will print two years as it did in you example, you can use single quotes to put literal text as follows:

$("#date").datepicker({
dateFormat: "'date_'yy-mm-dd"
});

You can check more documentation here, good luck.

answered Aug 19, 2017 at 16:35

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