Question

In the jQuery UI datepicker Docs ( http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/ ) it says you can change the default date after init with

$( ".selector" ).datepicker( "option", "defaultDate", +7 );

Where +7 can be a date string, date object, or number of days from today

I can’t seem to get this to work. If I set the defaultDate when initializing like this

$(".selector").datepicker({defaultDate:myDateObject});

it works but if I try to use the accessor method I can’t get it to work.

Can someone try this and let me know if it works for them and if I’ve just lost my mind somewhere.

EDIT: Here is a jsFiddle for an example
http://jsfiddle.net/Bkw7H/

Answer 1

It’s a known bug: http://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/6195

Apparently the bug doesn’t occur with input elements.