picking date from rich calender

[arko1983]

Cant pick the date from rich calender. it is showing invalid date and the text alert is showing a huge text ie monday..tuesday etc

function getAge(date) {

                                var now = new Date();

                                var opnow = jQuery(#{rich:element('openingdate')}).text();

                                var startDate = new Date($('#openingdate').val());

                                var today = new Date(now.getYear(),now.getMonth(),now.getDate());

                                alert("opnow (text):"+opnow + " **** startDate :"+startDate);

}

	<rich:calendar id="openingdate"
							value=""
							title=""
							styleClass="" datePattern="dd-MM-yyyy"
							/>

                                                                                          </rich:calendar>

[bleathem]

It's not at all clear from your post what you are tryin to do.  Can you be more explicit what you are trying to achieve with your code sample?  Try stating:

1) What you expect to observe

2) What you actually observe

[arko1983]

i cannot pick the date ie the alert is showing date is invalid.

start date is showing date is invalid.

[bleathem]

So what is the javascript method for?