automatically set jQuery UI datepicker on load

When a form load I want it to already have the current date plus 5 days. So its 2/22/2011, When the page loads the text box the datepicker belongs to should show 3/1/2011. I know how to set default date to 5 days from the current date but I need it to be in the text box when开发者_如何学JAVA the page loads.

There is actually a much easier way.

$("#datepicker").datepicker();
$("#datepicker").datepicker("setDate", "+5d");

Just figured it out.

I must be missing something, you would do something like:

$(function() {
    //set your date picker
    $('#test').datepicker();

    //get the current date
    var yourDate = new Date();
    //set the current date to today + 5 days
    yourDate.setDate(yourDate.getDate() + 5)
    //format the date in the right format
    formatDate = (yourDate.getMonth() + 1) + '/' + yourDate.getDate() + '/' + yourDate.getFullYear();
    //set the input value
    $('#test').val(formatDate);
});

Working sample here here...