JQuery Datepicker - no default date

Question

I want to remove the default date in my JQuery Datepicker.

I try the following code:

$(this).datepicker({defaultDate: ''}); 

But it doesn't seem to work. Today's date is still selected as default.

Answer 1

I got round the problem using a hidden altField:

<div id="DatePicker"></div> <input type="hidden" value="" name="Date" id="Date" /> 

and the following script:

<script>     $(function () {          $('#DatePicker').datepicker({             altField: '#Date', // ID of the hidden field             altFormat: 'dd/mm/yy'         });          // Remove the style for the default selected day (today)         $('.ui-datepicker-current-day').removeClass('ui-datepicker-current-day');          // Reset the current selected day         $('#Date').val('');     }); </script> 

Then, I used the hidden #Date field in my validation routines.

Answer 2

None of the answers at the time of this writing really worked for me, so here was my solution cobbled from a couple of answers (for an inline datepicker).

    $('.calendar').datepicker("setDate", null); // this unsets the datepicker's internal selected date; it still shows a highlight on today's date that looks like a selected date though     $('.calendar').find(".ui-datepicker-current-day").removeClass("ui-datepicker-current-day"); // this actually removes the highlight