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

Answer 1

I tried many ways and came up with my own solution which works absolutely as required.

"mydate" is the ID of input or datepicker element/control.

        $(document).ready(function () {

        var dateNewFormat, onlyDate, today = new Date();

        dateNewFormat = today.getFullYear() + '-' + (today.getMonth() + 1);

        onlyDate = today.getDate();

        if (onlyDate.toString().length == 2) {
            dateNewFormat += '-' + onlyDate;
        }
        else {
            dateNewFormat += '-0' + onlyDate;
        }
        $('#mydate').val(dateNewFormat);
    });

Answer 2

try this:

$("#mydate").datepicker("setDate",'1d');

Answer 3

Just set minDate: 0

Here is my script:

$("#valid_from")
   .datepicker({
     minDate: 0,
     defaultDate: "+1w",
     changeMonth: true,
     numberOfMonths: 3
})

Answer 4

You have not defined

$("#mydate").datepicker({});

Answer 5

$("#date").datepicker.regional[""].dateFormat = 'dd/mm/yy';
$("#date").datepicker("setDate", new Date());

Always work for me

Answer 6

This worked for me and also localised it:

$.datepicker.setDefaults( $.datepicker.regional[ "fr" ] );
$(function() {
   $( "#txtDespatchDate" ).datepicker( );
   $( "#txtDespatchDate" ).datepicker( "option", "dateFormat", "dd/mm/yy" );
   $('#txtDespatchDate').datepicker('setDate', new Date());
});