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

Month start from 0. 0 = January, 1 = February, 2 = March, ..., 11 = December.