changing minDate option in JQuery DatePicker not working

Question

I have declared a date picker instance as follows:

    $(\"#datePickerId\").datepicker(
    { dateFormat: \'DD, d MM yy\',
      minDate: 0,
      showOn: \'         


        

Answer 1

Use minDate as string:

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

This would set today as minimum selectable date .