Set start day of the week in jQuery UI Datepicker?

Question

I'm looking through the docs for the jQuery UI Datepicker (http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/), but I can't find how to set the first day of the week as Monday.

Applying regional settings will set Monday as first day of the week, but this will also change the language.

Answer 1

Here is an example config I use. Look at the last line with "firstDay: 1". I think using sytax like this to specify datepicker options looks better ;)

$('#datepickerfield').datepicker({     constrainInput: true,   // prevent letters in the input field     minDate: new Date(),    // prevent selection of date older than today     showOn: 'button',       // Show a button next to the text-field     autoSize: true,         // automatically resize the input field      altFormat: 'yy-mm-dd',  // Date Format used     beforeShowDay: $.datepicker.noWeekends,     // Disable selection of weekends     firstDay: 1 // Start with Monday })