Disable past dates in bootstrap date picker

Question

I have used the date input form derived from:

Youderian, C. How to Add a Date Picker to a Bootstrap Form . FormDen . [Blog]. 2015-10-27.

But I am unable to disable the past dates. I tried the following; according to an issue in GitHub, but it didn't work for me.

 $(document).ready(function() { var date_input = $('input[name="date"]'); //our date input has the name "date" var container = $('.bootstrap-iso form').length > 0 ? $('.bootstrap-iso form').parent() : "body"; date_input.datepicker({ format: 'mm/dd/yyyy', container: container, todayHighlight: true, autoclose: true, }) }) $(function() { var nowDate = new Date(); var today = new Date(nowDate.getFullYear(), nowDate.getMonth(), nowDate.getDate(), 0, 0, 0, 0); $('#date').datepicker({ startDate: today }); }) 

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Answer 1

You can either add startDate to the config when you first convert it to a date-picker field or you can set the property using setStartDate .

Pick any of the two.

 $(document).ready(function() { var dateInput = $('input[name="date"]'); // Our date input has the name "date" var container = $('.bootstrap-iso form').length > 0 ? $('.bootstrap-iso form').parent() : 'body'; dateInput.datepicker({ format: 'mm/dd/yyyy', container: container, todayHighlight: true, autoclose: true, startDate: truncateDate(new Date()) // <-- THIS WORKS }); $('#date').datepicker('setStartDate', truncateDate(new Date())); // <-- SO DOES THIS }); function truncateDate(date) { return new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate()); } 

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Answer 2

jQuery Date Picker - disable past dates

Here is the link that will help you.

You can do this by mindate and maxdate.

Answer 3

You can use startDate and endDate eg '+2d' , '-2m'

In your CodePen link:

date_input.datepicker({
    format: 'mm/dd/yyyy',
    container: container,
    todayHighlight: true,
    autoclose: true,
    startDate: '-2d',
    endDate: '+2d'
})

How to restrict the selectable date ranges in Bootstrap Datepicker?

Answer 4

Try with ease : Use minDate

var date = new Date();
var today = new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate());

$('#date').datepicker({ 
    minDate: today
});

Answer 5

you can disable the past dates by setting startDate property. No need for separate function.

date_input.datepicker({
    format: 'mm/dd/yyyy',
    container: container,
    todayHighlight: true,
    autoclose: true,
    startDate: new Date()
})