对jQuery Datepicker使用getDate函数

Question

Hi :) Sorry if my question sounds a bit stupid but I am not the most experienced with javascript..

I have done the code to have a JQuery Datepicker calendar displayed on my page and that works fine. But I want to store the date which is selected in a variable called $HistoryDate..I have put the following code between the tags;

    <script>
  $(function() {
    $( "#datepicker" ).datepicker();
  });
  </script>

I have looked up the getDate function and Im guessing its something along the lines of;

var HistoryDate;
         HistoryDate = $("#datepicker").datepicker('getDate');

Im tried that method, by putting the above two lines in the head tags aswell but when I try echo HistoryDate() in the body I get nothing? Any suggestions?

Answer 1

var HistoryDate;
$(function() {
    $("#datepicker").datepicker({
        onSelect: function(){ 
            HistoryDate = $(this).datepicker('getDate'); 
        }
    });  
});