Date-picker format not affecting ng-model Angular Material

Question

I Want this format [ 'DD-MM-YYYY' ] form DatePicker, in my ng-model.

i did this in config()

$mdDateLocaleProvider.formatDate = function(date) {
  var newDateFormate =   moment(date).format('DD-MM-YYYY');  
            return newDateFormate ; 
};

and it return valid date format in view and log.

but this not affecting the ng-model variable

 <md-datepicker ng-model="user.bod" md-placeholder="Enter birth date "> </md-datepicker>

because when if log this variable it give me this date format

Mon May 30 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (EET)

Answer 1

ng-model value is js Date object. use service to stringify model value:

var dateString = $mdDateLocale.formatDate(valueFromNgModel);

Answer 2

THERE YOU GO!!!

https://stackoverflow.com/a/43392704/5613548

 angular.module('MyApp') .controller('AppCtrl', function($scope) { $scope.person = { name: "John", birthDate: "1990-01-01 00:00:00" }; }) .directive('mdDatepicker', function () { function link(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) { var parser = function (val) { val = moment(val).format('YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss'); return val; }; var formatter = function (val) { if (!val) return val; val = moment(val).toDate(); return val; }; ngModel.$parsers.push(parser); ngModel.$formatters.push(formatter); } return { require: 'ngModel', link: link, restrict: 'EA', priority: 1 } }); 

 <link href="https://material.angularjs.org/HEAD/docs.css" rel="stylesheet"/> <link href="https://material.angularjs.org/HEAD/angular-material.css" rel="stylesheet"/> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.10.6/moment.js"></script> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.4/angular.js"></script> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.4/angular-animate.min.js"></script> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.4/angular-aria.min.js"></script> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.4/angular-messages.min.js"></script> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.4/angular-route.min.js"></script> <script src="https://material.angularjs.org/HEAD/angular-material.js"></script> <script src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/t-114/assets-cache.js"></script> <div ng-app="MyApp" ng-controller="AppCtrl"> <md-content> <md-datepicker ng-model="person.birthDate" md-placeholder="Enter date"></md-datepicker> </md-content> <big>ng-model value is: <strong>{{person.birthDate}}</strong></big> </div>