'bootstrap datepicker today as default

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

javascripthtmldatebootstrap-datepicker


Solution 1:[1]

Set after Init

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

This example is working.

Solution 2:[2]

I used this code

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

Solution 3:[3]

Date 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");

Solution 4:[4]

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

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

This worked for me.

Solution 5:[5]

I used this a little example and it worked.

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

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

Solution 6:[6]

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);

});

Solution 7:[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

Solution 8:[8]

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") ?>">

Solution 9:[9]

Simply put the following one. This works for me.

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

Solution 10:[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 });

Solution 11:[11]

It's simple

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

This will be set today as the default

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