Yes, you are so right ! Just setting the textbox value is enough !
Many thanks !
On 14 jan, 16:23, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm... well..
>
> you have this declared
>
> dateFormat: "dd MM yy"
>
> and you say you want to set it to
>
> 10 Mar 2008
>
> The format is looking for a 2-digit year, your value is a 4 digit
> year, i'd say that would be an issue and could be the cause of your
> unexpected result
>
> also, what about simply setting the value of the textbox if fixing the
> format/value mixup doesn't work
>
> $("#start").val("10 Mar 2008");
>
> On Jan 14, 11:00 am, "graphic...@googlemail.com"
>
> <graphic...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry the error was in my post but not in my code. So yes it should
> > be
>
> > $("#start").datepicker("setDate", "10 Mar 2008");
>
> > but that gives me non-sense date as mentioned in my first post. Any
> > idea ?
>
> > On 14 jan, 14:31, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Well, that second selector is wrong to start with... shouldn't it be $
> > > ("#start") and not $(start) ?
>
> > > On Jan 14, 9:24 am, "graphic...@googlemail.com"
>
> > > <graphic...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
>
> > > > This setDate is driving me mad ! I can't set the date of the controls
> > > > programatically.
>
> > > > //create range datepickers
> > > > $("#start , #end").datepicker({
> > > > showOn: "button",
> > > > buttonImage: "images/calendar.gif",
> > > > buttonImageOnly: true,
> > > > beforeShow: customRange,
> > > > hideIfNoPrevNext: true,
> > > > showStatus: true,
> > > > duration: "",
> > > > dateFormat: "dd MM yy"
> > > > }).attr("readonly", "readonly");
>
> > > > $(start).datepicker("setDate", "10 Mar 2008");
>
> > > > displays non-sense date such as 14 august 2014....
>
> > > > Is there something I'm doing wrong ?
>
> > > > Thanks
