How to change default highlighted “today” date in datepicker

Question

I\'m using datepicker for selecting dates in two date fields (from date and to date).

In those, the default highlighted date is today date. I need to change the defa

Answer 1

I wasn't happy with how the UI Core displays the defaultDate with that flimsy border and all. After much trial and error, I added a focus method to the second datepicker and used the setDate method.

$('#datepicker2').datepicker().focus(function(){
   $(this).datepicker('setDate',+2);
});

This will give you the selected date with a background color based on the theme and today will also retain it's background when the datepicker opens. The only downside here is if you don't wind up selecting a date from the datepicker, you've got to go back in and clear the input field.

Seems like a bit of a hash as I generally don't like using the focus method but I'm sticking with it.