#683: Force the format option to be YYYY-MM-DD when using type="date"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ __Improvements__
 * [#609](https://github.com/nghuuphuoc/bootstrapvalidator/pull/609): Add content-type header for ```demo/remote.php```, thanks to [@etorres](https://github.com/etorres)
 * [#661](https://github.com/nghuuphuoc/bootstrapvalidator/pull/661): Add ```headers``` option to the [remote](http://bootstrapvalidator.com/validators/remote/) validator, thanks to [@ryan2049](https://github.com/ryan2049)
 * [#664](https://github.com/nghuuphuoc/bootstrapvalidator/issues/664): Fix the feedback icon position for Bootstrap 3.2
+* [#683](https://github.com/nghuuphuoc/bootstrapvalidator/issues/683): Force the format option to be ```YYYY-MM-DD``` when using ```<input type="date" />```
 
 __Bug Fixes__
 

dist/css/bootstrapValidator.min.css

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * BootstrapValidator (http://bootstrapvalidator.com)
  * The best jQuery plugin to validate form fields. Designed to use with Bootstrap 3
  *
- * @version     v0.5.1-dev, built on 2014-08-19 10:33:05 PM
+ * @version     v0.5.1-dev, built on 2014-08-19 10:49:12 PM
  * @author      https://twitter.com/nghuuphuoc
  * @copyright   (c) 2013 - 2014 Nguyen Huu Phuoc
  * @license     MIT

dist/js/bootstrapValidator.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * BootstrapValidator (http://bootstrapvalidator.com)
  * The best jQuery plugin to validate form fields. Designed to use with Bootstrap 3
  *
- * @version     v0.5.1-dev, built on 2014-08-19 10:33:05 PM
+ * @version     v0.5.1-dev, built on 2014-08-19 10:49:12 PM
  * @author      https://twitter.com/nghuuphuoc
  * @copyright   (c) 2013 - 2014 Nguyen Huu Phuoc
  * @license     MIT
@@ -2377,6 +2377,11 @@
 
             options.format = options.format || 'MM/DD/YYYY';
 
+            // #683: Force the format to YYYY-MM-DD as the default browser behaviour when using type="date" attribute
+            if ($field.attr('type') === 'date') {
+                options.format = 'YYYY-MM-DD';
+            }
+
             var formats    = options.format.split(' '),
                 dateFormat = formats[0],
                 timeFormat = (formats.length > 1) ? formats[1] : null,

src/js/validator/date.js

@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
 
             options.format = options.format || 'MM/DD/YYYY';
 
+            // #683: Force the format to YYYY-MM-DD as the default browser behaviour when using type="date" attribute
+            if ($field.attr('type') === 'date') {
+                options.format = 'YYYY-MM-DD';
+            }
+
             var formats    = options.format.split(' '),
                 dateFormat = formats[0],
                 timeFormat = (formats.length > 1) ? formats[1] : null,