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I am trying to prepopulate a date into an html "date" input field, but it ignores the values I try to pass:
<html>
...
<input id='date' type='date'>
...
</html>
<script>
...
var myDate = new Date();
$("#date").val(myDate);
...
I have also tried passing the date object as a string
var myDate = new Date().toDateString();
$("#date").val(myDate);
When I open the form, the date field is blank. If I eliminate the type="date" tag, the value shows up as a string, but then I don't have access to the datepicker. How do I pre-populate a date input and still have use of the datepicker? I'm stumped.
Thanks.
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It must be set in ISO-format.
(function () {
var date = new Date().toISOString().substring(0, 10),
field = document.querySelector('#date');
field.value = date;
console.log(field.value);
})()
http://jsfiddle.net/GZ46K/
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