Question

When a form load I want it to already have the current date plus 5 days. So its 2/22/2011, When the page loads the text box the datepicker belongs to should show 3/1/2011. I know how to set default date to 5 days from the current date but I need it to be in the text box when the page loads.

Answer 1

There is actually a much easier way.

$("#datepicker").datepicker();
$("#datepicker").datepicker("setDate", "+5d");

Just figured it out.