Set Today date to kendo datepicker

Question

I want to set today date to Kendo DatePicker on clear button click. I tried following but it is not working.

$('#btnClear').click(function () {
  $("#StartDate").data("kendoDatePicker").value(new Date());
});

Above code don't give any error and don't set today date. It clears kendo DatePicker's textbox value. Note: Kendo DatePicker format is MM/dd/yyyy.

Answer 1

I tried following and works perfectly for me.

$('#btnClear').click(function () {
  var todayDate = kendo.toString(kendo.parseDate(new Date()), 'MM/dd/yyyy');
  $("#StartDate").data("kendoDatePicker").value(todayDate);
});