Set today's date as default date in jQuery UI datepicker [duplicate]

Answer 1

Its very simple you just add this script,

$("#mydate").datepicker({ dateFormat: "yy-mm-dd"}).datepicker("setDate", new Date());

Here, setDate set today date & dateFormat define which format you want set or show.

Hope its simple script work..

Answer 2

Note: When you pass setDate, you are calling a method which assumes the datepicker has already been initialized on that object.

$(function() {    
   $('#date').datepicker();
   $('#date').datepicker('setDate', '04/23/2014');
});

Test: http://jsfiddle.net/wimarbueno/hQkec/1/

Answer 3

You need to make the call to setDate separately from the initialization call. So to create the datepicker and set the date in one go:

$("#mydate").datepicker().datepicker("setDate", new Date());

Why it is like this I do not know. If anyone did, that would be interesting information.

Answer 4

Try this:

$('.datepicker').datepicker('update', new Date(year,month,day));

Answer 5

This one work for me , first you bind datepicker to text-box and in next line set (today as default date) the date to it

$("#date").datepicker();

$("#date").datepicker("setDate", new Date());

Answer 6

Set default date in initialization:

$("#date").datepicker({
    defaultDate: '01/26/2014'
});