How to set minimum DatePicker date to current date

Question

I want to set the minimum date the user can choose in a DatePicker to the current date. I've tried this:

DatePicker datePicker = (DatePicker) findViewById(R.id.event_date); datePicker.setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis()); 

That gives me the following exception:

12-01 12:23:31.226: E/AndroidRuntime(10311): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: fromDate: Sat Dec 01 12:23:31 EST 2012 does not precede toDate: Sat Dec 01 12:23:31 EST 2012 

How do I do this?

Answer 1

The error says you cannot set the minimum date to exactly now. Try subtracting a second:

datePicker.setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis() - 1000); 

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From the source code the minimum date must be before, not equal to, the current date:

if (date.before(mMinDate)) {     throw new IllegalArgumentException("fromDate: " + mMinDate.getTime()             + " does not precede toDate: " + date.getTime()); } 

So you simply need to subtract enough time from now (System.currentTimeMillis()) pass date.before(mMinDate).

Answer 2

If you don't want to use a custom dialog. Use this single line code:

datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis());