html5 datepicker jquery min max and format

Question

I wrote a simple function to set min/max dates for datepicker and format selected date. But when I set the range the format returns to default mm/dd/yy Please note that the page in HTML5. and here the code

$(function () {
    var pickerFormat = {
        dateFormat: "dd/mm/yy"
    };
    var range = {
        minDate: "-2y",
        maxDate: new Date()
    };

    $("#datepicker1").datepicker(range, pickerFormat);
});

Answer 1

Use the same object for both date format and picker range.

for example

$(function () {
     var pickerFormatrange = {
          dateFormat:"dd/mm/yy",
          minDate: "-2y",
          maxDate: new Date()
     }; 
     $("#datepicker1").datepicker(pickerFormatrange);
 });