javascript - jQuery UI Datepicker getDate returns today's date on invalid date -

javascript - jQuery UI Datepicker getDate returns today's date on invalid date -

when using jquery ui's date-picker, if phone call getdate while text in text box not valid date, getdate returns today's date.

example

how can distinguish between today's date , invalid date when retrieving date?

looks normal behaviour widget. here's function includes back upwards invalid date checking:

/* gets current value * @return date result or null if no date nowadays * @throws if entered value invalid */ function getdate(datepicker) { datepicker = $(datepicker); var format = datepicker.datepicker("option", "dateformat"), text = datepicker.val(), settings = datepicker.datepicker("option", "settings"); homecoming $.datepicker.parsedate(format, text, settings); }

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