Setting dateFormat of jquery ui datepicker restricts free text in input -

i using jquery ui datepicker. want set dateformat like: "dd/mm/yy", javascript is:

$("#datepicker").datepicker({      dateformat: "dd/mm/yy" }); 

and relevant html is:

<input type='text' id='datepicker'> 

however, doing restricts text can entered input element (i can't enter "-" or "." example).

http://jsfiddle.net/5svpa/3/

i need functionality because want users able freely enter date other "date delimiting" options (eg: "5-5-16"). not possible because "-" symbol cannot entered after specifying "dateformat" option.

is there way fix or bug?

you can this,you need specify formats in parsedate method

  $.datepicker.inputformats = ["dd-mm-yy", "dd/mm/yy", "dd mm yy"];//list formats accepted here  $.datepicker.originalparsedate = $.datepicker.parsedate;  $.datepicker.parsedate = function (format, value, settings) { var date;  function testparse(format, value, settings) {     if ( ! date ) {         try {             date = $.datepicker.originalparsedate(format, value, settings);         } catch (error) {         }     } }  testparse(format, value, settings); for(var n = 0, stop = $.datepicker.inputformats ? $.datepicker.inputformats.length : 0; n < stop; n++){     testparse($.datepicker.inputformats[n], value, settings); }; return date; }; 

the above code here https://stackoverflow.com/a/18839641/4810628