Datepicker setDate doesn't work anymore?

Question

can you explain me why this code :

http://jsfiddle.net/3qJx9/7/

doesn't work ?

I used to use it in order to put the current date as default when no date were loaded, but it doesn't work anymore, and I don't understand why.

Thanks !

Answer 1

You can only call methods on an initialized jQuery UI widget and you forgot to initialize the datepicker:

$("#date").datepicker();
$("#date").datepicker("setDate", new Date());

Updated JSFiddle