Where to put the formateDate function of the datepicker?

Where to put the formateDate function of the datepicker?

 I have a datpicker and i want to change the Format. i know that i have to use the formatDate function, but where do i put it?

<script>

$.datepicker.formatDate( "yy-mm-dd", new Date( 2007, 1 - 1, 26 ) );

  
  $(function() {
    $( ".datepicker" ).datepicker();
    $( ".selector" ).datepicker({ dateFormat: "yy-mm-dd" });
  });
     
  </script>