Question

1. I need to set the “start date” to +1 day from the current day.
2. And +3 days from the “start date” for the “end day”
3. (optional) Highlight the trailing days

Fiddle can be found here: http://jsbin.com/icuduv/1

Thanks!

Answer 1

well you can simply do it like this

var d = new Date(); d.setDate( d.getDate() + 1 );
$('#txtStartDate').datepicker('setDate', d); 
d = new Date(); d.setDate( d.getDate() + 4 );
$('#txtEndDate').datepicker('setDate', d);

i have updated your demo as well have a look Here

for highlighting dates you can use the beforeShowDay event. It will get called for each date that needs to be shown in the calendar.