JQuery UI datepicker ( start weeks from Monday)

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Mellon picture Mellon · Feb 15, 2011 · Viewed 45k times · Source

I am using jQuery UI datepicker, I know I can customize this datepicker in this way:

$("#reserve_date").datepicker({
            beforeShowDay: no_disabled_Days
});

currently, my datapicker calendar start weeks from Sunday, I would like it starts weeks from Monday, how to do??

Answer

David says reinstate Monica picture David says reinstate Monica · Feb 15, 2011 
$( ".selector" ).datepicker({ firstDay: 1 });

jQuery UI Reference; see the link for a slightly more detailed explanation.

For inline reference:

Sunday     0
Monday     1
Tuesday    2
Wednesday  3
Thursday   4
Friday     5
Saturday   6

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