Set Today date to kendo datepicker

Question

I want to set today date to Kendo DatePicker on clear button click. I tried following but it is not working.

$(\'#btnClear\').click(function () {
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Answer 1

I tried following and works perfectly for me.

$('#btnClear').click(function () {
  var todayDate = kendo.toString(kendo.parseDate(new Date()), 'MM/dd/yyyy');
  $("#StartDate").data("kendoDatePicker").value(todayDate);
});