JQuery Datepicker does not select default date

Question

I have my datpicker installed

$("#scheduled_date_163").datepicker({
    onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
      jQuery.get("/tasks/inplace_edit?id=scheduled_date_163&class_name=Task&value=" + dateText,  function(data){
        $('#scheduled_date_163').html(data);
        $('#scheduled_date_163').removeClass('hasDatepicker');
      })
    }
  });

$('#scheduled_date_163').datepicker( "option", "defaultDate", $.datepicker.parseDate("d m y", "31 8 2009") );

As you can see, the date is hard-coded. It is assumed that it will be replaced by some code. However, the date picker refuses to pick a date! He always shows me the current date. It is impossible to find out why. I even tried to specify a date in a string +7, etc. But today, the date of the date is displayed as the default date.

What could be the reason for this?

UPDATE

An element with the schedule_date_163 parameter is not a text field. Its a div.On click, which runs the datepicker japcript script written above.

<div id="scheduled_date_163">
    <p class='date'>None</p>
</div>

There is no way to repeat the div id on the page.

Answer 1

DEMO: http://jsbin.com/uqevo3/2/edit

$("#scheduled_date_163").datepicker({
   defaultDate: "31-8-2009", //OR $.datepicker.parseDate("dd mm yy", "31 8 2009")
   dateFormat: 'dd-mm-yy', // format as ##-##-####
    onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
      jQuery.get("/../" + dateText,  function(data){
        $('#scheduled_date_163').html(data);
        $('#scheduled_date_163').removeClass('hasDatepicker');
      })
    }
  });

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Answer 2

:

$('#scheduled_date_163').datepicker({defaultDate: $.datepicker.parseDate("d m y", "31 8 2009")});

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