Setting defaultDate after init
Hello All,
Having an issue setting the date of a datepicker after it's been
initialized. I call the init function on page load, and the
datepicker resides in a hidden div that becomes a modal dialog. When
they click on an area of the page the dialog is launched and it's at
this time that I want to set the date. Here is some code I'm using to
try and achieve this, it's not working ,but it's not erroring either.
//THE INIT FUNCTION
$('#update_appt_datepicker').datepicker({
showButtonPanel: true,
dateFormat: 'DD MM dd, yy',
altField: '#update_formated_date',
altFormat: 'yy-mm-dd'
});
//THEN LATER
$('#appt_list_ul li').click(function(){
//get the appt details
var cur_date = $('#edit_formated_date').val(); //2009-03-15
var date_pieces = cur_date.split('-');
var date_obj = new Date(date_pieces[0],(date_pieces[1] * 1) -
1,date_pieces[2]);
//date_obj.setFullYear(date_pieces[0],(date_pieces[1] * 1) -
1,date_pieces[2]);
//passin the date to the edit calendar
$('#update_appt_datepicker').datepicker('option',
{defaultDate:date_obj});
//pass in the time
//open the dialog
$("#edit_appt_dialog").dialog('open');
});
I get the modal popup just fine, however the date picker has the
current date selected instead of the one I'm trying to pass to it. If
I alert the date_obj I get the full string of the date, so I know I
have a workable date object.
Thanks!
Greg