Reconfigure the bootstrap datepicker to use a different date format globally.

datepicker-configuration.js

(function() {
  /* Update date_input plugin so that MM/DD/YYYY format is used. */
  $.extend($.fn.datepicker.defaults, {
    parse: function (string) {
      var matches;
      if ((matches = string.match(/^(\d{2,2})\/(\d{2,2})\/(\d{4,4})$/))) {
        return new Date(matches[3], matches[1] - 1, matches[2]);
      } else {
        return null;
      }
    },
    format: function (date) {
      var
        month = (date.getMonth() + 1).toString(),
        dom = date.getDate().toString();
      if (month.length === 1) {
        month = "0" + month;
      }
      if (dom.length === 1) {
        dom = "0" + dom;
      }
      return month + "/" + dom + "/" + date.getFullYear();
    }
  });  
}());