How do I clear/reset the selected dates on the jQuery UI Datepicker calendar?

Question

How do I reset the datepicker calendar values?.. The min and max date restrictions?

The problem is that when I clear the dates (by deleting the textbox values), th

Answer 1

My way to solve this problem

Change var 'controls' on ui.js

controls = (!inst.inline ? "" +
        this._get(inst, "closeText") + "" + "" +
        this._get(inst, "clearText") + "" : "");

Then add a clearText var

    this.regional[""] = { // Default regional settings
    closeText: "Done", // Display text for close link
    clearText: "Clear", // Display text for close link
    prevText: "Prev", // Display text for previous month link

And before show function

$(".i_date").datepicker
(
    {
        beforeShow: function (input, inst)
        {
            setTimeout
            (
                function () 
                { 
                    $('.ui-datepicker-clear').bind('click', function() { $(input).val(''); });
                }, 
                0
            );
        }
    }
);