Unobtrusive validation in Chrome won't validate with dd/mm/yyyy

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I'm trying to use the simplest possible scenario using a date picker in different browsers. I suspect I'm doing something very simple the wrong way but after lots of searching around I still haven't found a solution. Below is some sample code that represents what I'm attempting.

If I use Chrome (v12.0.742.122) and pick a date from the picker like 13/08/2011 the jQuery validation logic will not allow the page to submit even though I've explicitly specified the format as 'dd/mm/yy'.

If I change the format to 'dd/M/yy' and choose a date like 13/Aug/2011 it works in Chrome but then won't submit for me in IE (v8.0.7600.16385). In FireFox (v3.6.18) both formats work.

What validation script do I need to be able to support date formats of 'dd/mm/yy' in Chrome?

<html>
 <head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="jquery-ui.css" />
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.4.4.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.validate.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-ui.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
      $(document).ready(function () {
    $('.date').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy' });
            $.validator.addMethod("dateRule", function(value, element) {
      return true;
    },
    "Error message");
      });
  </script>
 </head>
 <body>
    <form>
        Date: <input type="text" name="myDate" class="date dateRule" />
        <input type="submit" />
    </form>
 </body>
</html>
unobtrusive-validation jquery-validate datepicker jquery-ui jquery
12 Answers

We use the following to work on our projects;

if ($.validator) {
    $.validator.addMethod("date",
        function (value, element, params) {
            if (this.optional(element)) {
                return true;
            }

            var ok = true;
            try {
                $.datepicker.parseDate("dd/mm/yy", value);
            }
            catch (err) {
                ok = false;
            }
            return ok;
        });
}
user_18388190

Or we might try to overwrite the validator instead of ignoring it.

$.validator.addMethod("date", function (value, element) {
    var result = true;
    try {
        $.datepicker.parseDate('dd/mm/yy', value);
    }
    catch (err) {
        result = false;
    }
    return result;
});
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