bootstrap datepicker today as default

Question

I am using this bootstrap-datepicker for my datepicker. I'd like the datepicker to choose "today" for start day or default day. I cannot figure out how to set "today" automatically, so I did an inefficient way

HTML:

<input type="text" value ="today();" id="datepicker"/>

JS:

 $('#datepicker').datepicker();
function today(){
    var d = new Date();
    var curr_date = d.getDate();
    var curr_month = d.getMonth() + 1;
    var curr_year = d.getFullYear();
    document.write(curr_date + "-" + curr_month + "-" + curr_year);
}

Online Sample: http://jsfiddle.net/BXZk2/

Just looking for an easy solution to make the default day as "TODAY".

Thanks

Answer 1

This should work:

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

And for autoclose ( fiddle ):

$('#datepicker').datepicker({
        "setDate": new Date(),
        "autoclose": true
});

jQuery > datepicker API

Answer 2

Set after Init

 $('#dp-ex-3').datepicker({ autoclose: true, language: 'es' });
$('#dp-ex-3').datepicker('update', new Date());

This example is working.

Answer 3

I used this code

$('#datePicker').datepicker({
                    format:'mm/dd/yyyy',
                }).datepicker("setDate",'now');

Answer 4

Perfect Picker with current date and basic settings

        //Datepicker
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
            autoclose: true,
            format: "yyyy-mm-dd",
            immediateUpdates: true,
            todayBtn: true,
            todayHighlight: true
        }).datepicker("setDate", "0");

Answer 5

If none of the above option work, use the following :

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

This worked for me.

Answer 6

I used this a little example and it worked.

$('#date').datetimepicker({
    defaultDate: new Date()
});

demo : http://jsfiddle.net/m2fjw57b/1/

Answer 7

For bootstrap date picker

$( ".classNmae" ).datepicker( "setDate", new Date());

* new Date is jquery default function in which you can pass custom date & if it not set, it will take current date by default

Answer 8

It works fine for me...

$(document).ready(function() {
        var date = new Date();
        var today = new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate());

        $('#datepicker1').datepicker({
            format: 'dd-mm-yyyy',
            orientation: 'bottom'
        });

        $('#datepicker1').datepicker('setDate', today);

    });

Answer 9

This question is about bootstrap date picker. But all of the above answers are for the jquery date picker. For Bootstrap datepicker, you just need to provide the defaut date in the value of the input element. Like this.

<input class="form-control datepicker" value=" <?= date("Y-m-d") ?>">

Answer 10

According to this link Set default date of jquery datepicker , the other solution is

var d = new Date();

var currDate = d.getDate();
var currMonth = d.getMonth();
var currYear = d.getFullYear();

var dateStr = currDate + "-" + currMonth + "-" + currYear;

$("#datepicker").datepicker(({dateFormat: "dd-mm-yy" autoclose: true, defaultDate: dateStr });

Answer 11

Its simple

$(function() {
        $("#datePicker").datetimepicker({
            defaultDate:'now'

        });
    });

This will set today as default

Answer 12

Simply put the following one. This works for me.

$('.className').datepicker('setDate', 'now');

Answer 13

I changed code in line 1796 file 'bootstrap-datetimepicker.js'. It's worked for me