datepicker format input 'mm/dd/yyyy'

I'm developing on the Force.com platform using Apex and visualforce and I'm trying to implement the datepicker to format an inputText field to display the date in the 'mm/dd/yyyy' format when the page posts back.

When I select the date it is correctly formatted as 'mm/dd/yyyy' in the input field.  When a post back occurs the date format changes to this: Fri Jul 12 00:00:00 GMT 2013.  I want to keep the date in the correct 'mm/dd/yyyy' format when the page posts back.

I thought I could do this with jquery, but I still fairly new with jquery and might be missing something simple.

Here is how I'm implementing the jquery datepicker:

	<script type="text/javascript">
		
		var j$ = jQuery.noConflict();
		
		j$(document).ready(function(){
			j$('[id$=tradeStartDateFilter]').datepicker({dateFormat: 'mm/dd/yy'});
		});
                   </script>

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Thanks for any help.