Datepicker Initialise with UK date format?

Datepicker Initialise with UK date format?

Hi,
I've been struggling to get the Date Picker plugin to work with the UK
Date format of dd/mm/yy.
I have tried setting dateFormat, but whatever I put in, it reads the
initial date as mm/dd/yy, thus changing the initial month, causing the
user to re select the current month.
This is very annoying, but I can't find a way to fix it.
Has anyone come across this problem? Or knows of a way to fix it.
Thanks
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