[jQuery] datepicker

[HISSAM]

guys

                I have 2 datepickers 1)arrivalDate 2)DepartDate

The mindate of Depart must be the mindate of ArrivalDate

I'm able to get the arrival date but
I'm unable to set that in depart mindate attribute

 //arrivaldate.value=14/04/2009//which is erroneous when set to depart
date


The snippet of code is here below

function getStartDate() {
                $("#arrivalDate").datepicker({minDate: 0, maxDate: '+1M +10D'});
}

function getEndDate() {
        var s=document.getElementById("arrivalDate").value;
        alert(s);
        if(s=="")
        {
        alert("Please select start date first");
        }
        else{

                $("#depart").datepicker({minDate: s, maxDate: '+1M +10D'});  //
s=14/04/2009//which is erroneous
                }
        }