angular-ui datepicker does not allow format dd.MM.yyyy when entered into the input field <p>I think the best way to describe this problem is to steer you to the Plunk:</p> <p><a href="http://plnkr.co/edit/cRO5UgAyZx5SHJSKrzg7?p=preview" rel="nofollow">http://plnkr.co/edit/cRO5UgAyZx5SHJSKrzg7?p=preview</a></p> <p>The angular-ui datepicker doesn't like us Europeans! Start by selecting a date in the datepicker. Let's say it's the 25th October (at least the day should be greater than 12). You see that the datepick-format has been set to dd.MM.yyyy and this is relfected in the date set in the input field. Now change the year. This is not shown in the datepicker. However, if you enter the date in the format MM.dd.yyyy, all is well.</p> <p>I've added the angular-locale_de-de.js, which seems to be working as can be seen in the spelling of Oktober. So why can't I enter a date in the European [correct-and-logical-day-before-month] format?</p>