jQuery UI datepicker date range

Question

I am trying to setup two date pickers like this http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/#date-range. But if you manually type in a date into that example you can break the code

Answer 1

1. first idea
   • use the beforeShow instead of onSelect to set the max/min date range. You still can enter manually wrong values, but as soon as you try to open a datepicker it will auto correct itself.
   • to avoid manual tampering, you can make readonly the fields.
2. second idea
   • use the beforeShow and at the same time do some manual checking at the change event of the fields. ( http://jsfiddle.net/s3h5L/4/ )