jQuery fullCalendar dayClick - convert (date) to mm/dd/yy

Question

I am trying to the following:

• user clicks on a specific date
• fancybox opens with data entry options
• capture the date on which the calendar was clicked
• grab that date and inject it into the value of a text input

This is my code:

$("a#inline").fancybox();

$('#calendar').fullCalendar(
{
    dayClick: function (date)
    {
        $('a#inline').click();
        $('.datepicker').val(date);
    }
});

HTML

<a href="#data_entry" id="inline">Add Event</a>

<div style="display:none">
    <div id="data_entry">
        <form action="events/events_save" method="post" name="events_form" id="events_form">
         <input type="text" name="date" value="<?php date('m/d/Y'); ?>" class="datepicker">
        </form>
    </div>
</div>

I am running into the following issues:

• when clicking on a date on the calendar the fancybox pops up and I get Mon Apr 25 2011 00:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT) ==> I need this to be mm/dd/yy like 04/25/11

• if right after that I close the fancybox and click on the anchor tag "Add Event", the fancybox opens but the date is populated with Mon Apr 25 2011 00:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT) ==> it should actually contain today's date because of the PHP string I put in the value field (this is fixed only if I refresh)

Anyone have suggestions on how to solve either issue?

Thanks a ton.

Answer 1

Perfect! This helped me out too as I could not find any documentation on how to use formatDate method...

alert($.fullCalendar.formatDate( calEvent.start, "yyyy-MM-dd"));

Answer 2

To format dates, run the date through fullcalendar's formatDate method. Try:

$('.datepicker').val($.fullCalendar.formatDate( date, "MM/dd/yy"));