How to just get selected value from iQuery Datepicker, but not allow it to set elements value
<p>I am using this jQuery Datepicker: <a href="http://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/" rel="nofollow">http://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/</a></p>

<pre><code>var options = {};
options.dateFormat = 'mm/dd/yy';
options.minDate = new Date();
options.maxDate = new Date('01/01/2020');

$("#datepicker").datepicker(options);
</code></pre>

<p>This method it populating HTML's element by it self. But I need just to get selected by user string value and I will do the rest by my self.</p>

<p>I saw there is .datepicker('getDate') method, but it looks like it still populates the element and returns date...
And how I can combine options with it..?</p>