HTML input type="date" value format

Question

I am using the default for a date field in a form and this outputs a value of "YYYY-MM-DD" however for the query I am running with the form I need the format "YYYY,MM,DD".

Is there an easy way with javascript to parse this input fields value to fit the second format?

Thank you.

So all you need to do is replace the dashes with commas. That should be easy enough to research. — CBroe, Oct 06 '15 at 19:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 06 '15 at 19:21

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If you parse it with javascript before you submit it, yes. Working fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/gasm6d0e/

HTML:

<input type="date" id="bday" value="2010-10-01">

Javascript/JQuery

alert($("#bday").val().replace(/-/g,","));

answered Oct 06 '15 at 19:21

Rick Burns

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 06 '15 at 19:59

I figured out how to parse it using the substr function:

function reorder_date(string)
    {   
    year = string.substr(0,4);
    month = string.substr(5,2);
    day = string.substr(8,2);
    next_string= year + "," + month + "," + day;
    return next_string;
    }

HTML input type="date" value format

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