Passing date value from view to controller - asp.net-mvc

Question

In my model I have
[DataType(DataType.Date)]
public DateTime SaleDate { get; set; }
public virtual Customer Customers { get; set; }
in my controller:
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Create([Bind(Include="SaleID,shippingBillNo,CustomerID,PlantID,Quantity,SaleDate")] Sale sale)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
var strddlValue = Convert.ToInt32(Request.Form["CustomerID"]);
var saledate = Convert.ToDateTime(Request.Form["mySaleDate"]);
In my View
#using (Html.BeginForm(null, null, FormMethod.Post))
{
#Html.AntiForgeryToken()
<div class="form-horizontal">
<h4>Sale</h4>
<hr />
#Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.CustomerID, "CustomerID", new {
#class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.Hidden("CustomerText")
#Html.DropDownList("CustomerID", String.Empty)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.CustomerID)
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.SaleDate, new { #class = "control-
label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.SaleDate, new { Name =
"mySaleDate"})
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.SaleDate)
</div>
</div>
and the JavaScript for the DateTimePicker is:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
$('#SaleDate').datetimepicker({
format: "DD/MM/YYYY"
}).on('dp.change', function (e) {
$(this).data('DateTimePicker').hide();
});
});
I succeed to pass the CustomerID to the controller. No Problem with that. Instead of passing the date I pick in the editofor with the DataTimePicker helper I get a meaningless value of '01/01/0001'. What am I doing wrong?