Get today's date from jquery datepicker

Question

I need to change the default display of currentText property in jquery datepicker from \"Today\" to \"Today: Septmeber 14, 2012\". So the question is does the d

Answer 1

Yes, the currentText is what you are looking for.

$('#txtSelectedDate').datepicker({
    showButtonPanel: true,
    currentText: "Today:" + $.datepicker.formatDate('MM dd, yy', new Date())  
});​

DEMO