jQuery datepicker to prevent past date

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How do I disable past dates on jQuery datepicker? I looked for options but don't seem to find anything that indicates the ability to disable past dates.

UPDATE: Thanks yall for the quick response. I tried that with no luck. Days were still not grayed out as I expected and still accept the selected past date.

I tried this:

$('#datepicker').datepicker({ minDate: '0' });

Doesn't work.

I tried this:

$('#datepicker').datepicker({ minDate: new Date() });

Still doesn't work either.

It displays the calendar widget just fine. It just won't gray out or prevent input of past days. I've attempted the minDate and maxDate in the past with no luck so I figured it must not be them.

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15 Answers

Remove the quotes surrounding 0 and it will work.

Working Code Snippet:

// set minDate to 0 for today's date
$('#datepicker').datepicker({ minDate: 0 });
body {
    font-size: 12px; /* just so that it doesn't default to 16px (which is kinda huge) */
}
<!-- load jQuery and jQuery UI -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

<!-- load jQuery UI CSS theme -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">

<!-- the datepicker input -->
<input type='text' id='datepicker' placeholder='Select date' />

user_5860510

This should work <input type="text" id="datepicker">

var dateToday = new Date();
$("#datepicker").datepicker({
    minDate: dateToday,
    onSelect: function(selectedDate) {
    var option = this.id == "datepicker" ? "minDate" : "maxDate",
    instance = $(this).data("datepicker"),
    date = $.datepicker.parseDate(instance.settings.dateFormat || $.datepicker._defaults.dateFormat, selectedDate, instance.settings);
    dates.not(this).datepicker("option", option, date);
    }
});
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