Specify date format in mask when using an input mask?

Question

I've been using the jquery masked input plugin to apply a date mask to text inputs. This works pretty well, but I want the displayed mask to also show the format. That is, instead of the mask being

__/__/____

I want to be able to specify the format by using a mask of, for example,

dd/mm/yyyy

or (which looks the same with the current mask but is fundamentally different)

mm/dd/yyyy

I can't see how to do this with that plugin (it only accepts one character as the mask character as far as I can see). Is it possible with the current plugin? Does anyone know of an alternative plugin (ideally using jQuery) which can do this? I haven't been able to find anything.

Answer 1

This is supported by https://github.com/digitalBush/jquery.maskedinput (now archived - used to be at http://digitalbush.com/projects/masked-input-plugin/) - you just have to specify the full placeholder (see the date demo on that site):

$('#date').mask('99/99/9999',{placeholder:"mm/dd/yyyy"});