title: how to configure default value of html date input
body: <p>I know that the html date input field defaults to <code>"mm/dd/yyyy"</code>, but was wondering if there was a way to overwrite that with text to say something like "pick a date". </p>
  
  <p>I have tried changing the <code>value</code> and <code>placeholder</code> attributes like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;input type="date" placeholder="Pick a Date"&gt;
  &lt;input type="date" value="Pick a Date"&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but it ultimately doesn't seem to work as I assume it's expecting some sort of ISO date. Any ideas?</p>
  
  <p>Example in a fiddle: <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/AY2mp/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/AY2mp/</a></p>