Disable past dates in bootstrap date picker

Question

I have used the date input form derived from:

Youderian, C. How to Add a Date Picker to a Bootstrap Form. FormDen. [Blog]. 2015-10-27.

But I am unable to disable the past dates. I tried the following; according to an issue in GitHub, but it didn't work for me.

Answer 1

You can either add startDate to the config when you first convert it to a date-picker field or you can set the property using setStartDate.

Pick any of the two.

$(document).ready(function() {
  var dateInput = $('input[name="date"]'); // Our date input has the name "date"
  var container = $('.bootstrap-iso form').length > 0 ? $('.bootstrap-iso form').parent() : 'body';
  dateInput.datepicker({
    format: 'mm/dd/yyyy',
    container: container,
    todayHighlight: true,
    autoclose: true,
    startDate: truncateDate(new Date()) // <-- THIS WORKS
  });

  $('#date').datepicker('setStartDate', truncateDate(new Date())); // <-- SO DOES THIS
});

function truncateDate(date) {
  return new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate());
}

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<div class="bootstrap-iso">
  <div class="container-fluid">
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12">
        <form class="form-horizontal" method="post">
          <div class="form-group ">
            <label class="control-label col-sm-2" for="date">
              Date
            </label>
            <div class="col-sm-10">
              <input class="form-control" id="date" name="date" placeholder="MM/DD/YYYY" type="text" />
            </div>
          </div>
          <div class="form-group">
            <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
              <button class="btn btn-primary " name="submit" type="submit">
                Submit
              </button>
            </div>
          </div>
        </form>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>