.datepicker('setdate') issues, in jQuery

Question

I have a function that executes a query to get some data based on a certain date range which is selected using .datepicker(). I am trying to set the datepicker\'s that are

Answer 1

Try changing it to:

queryDate = '2009-11-01';
$('#datePicker').datepicker({defaultDate: new Date (queryDate)});