Datepicker setDate selects weird date

Datepicker setDate selects weird date

Hello,

I am trying to change the Date in a Datepicker field.
 

  1. $("#date").datepicker('setDate','01/26/2009');
But Datepicker selects: 09/28/2015 ...
I've already tried various date formats and even parseDate which wouldnt work at all?!
Searching the web or the forum brought no results, some say you should use the Date Object, but in the doc there is a string to be used which i would prefer aswell.

Please help, thanks in advance!
rootyman