Angular Directive that accept to enter a EU date on angular-ui Datepicker

datepickerEuDirective.js

app.directive('dateEu', [ 'datepickerPopupConfig', function( datepickerPopupConfig) {
  // return the directive link function. (compile function not needed)
  return {
    restrict: 'EA',
    require: 'ngModel', // get a hold of NgModelController

    link: function(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {

      var format = attrs.datepickerPopup;
      var maxDate = scope[attrs.max];
      var minDate = scope[attrs.min];
      var model = ngModel;

      ngModel.$parsers.push(function(viewValue) {
        var newDate = model.$viewValue;
        var date = null;
        // pass through if we clicked date from popup
        if (typeof newDate === "object" || newDate == "") return newDate;

        // build a new date according to initial localized date format
        if (format === "dd/MM/yyyy") {
          // extract day, month and year
          var splitted = newDate.split('/');

          var month = parseInt(splitted[1]) - 1;
          date = new Date(splitted[2], month, splitted[0]);
          // if maxDate,minDate is set make sure we do not allow greater values
          if (maxDate && date > maxDate) date = maxDate;
          if (minDate && date < minDate) date = minDate;

          model.$setValidity('date', true);
          model.$setViewValue(date);
        }
        return date ? date : viewValue;
      })
    }
  }
}]);