AngularJS - Initializing DATE input

Question

I have an application in which there are several date fields that need to accept values from the user as well as from the database.

I found this solution but still get

Answer 1

Documentation from Angularjs:

All date-related inputs like require the model to be a Date object. If the model is something else, this error will be thrown

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You should bind to date-type input with only date-type data. By new Date(parameter) will generate a date object of your data.

angular.module("app", [])
  .controller("myCtrl", function($scope, $filter) {
    //$scope.testDate = $filter('date')(Date.now(), 'yyyy/MM/dd');
    $scope.testDate = new Date('2017-05-03');
  });