html - DatePicker With Today and DateFormat -

i have been trying create jquery ui function datepicker, , after reading forums , snippets out there, realize vast majority of answers have been deprecated and/or removed jquery 1.9.1.

very simply, need have jquery datepicker

display datepicker options of buttons able click on today automatically enter date input field. life of me can't figure out , wanted toss more knowledgeable in jquery/ jquery-ui.

had tried like:

$(function() {     $( "#date" ).datepicker(("setdate", new date()){         showbuttonpanel: true,         dateformat: 'm-d-yy'     });   }); 

, of course html

  <input name="date" id="date" /> 

the inputed value should in standard usa date format: i.e. 5/1/2013 or 12/31/2099.

as of now, code doesn't select current date, , clicking today select today's date. need automatically populate input field. thank in advance help!

i think problem of (and did i) missunderstand functionality of "today" button. in fact button highlight current date , not select it.

if want behaviour user clicks on today , datepicker selects current date i'd recommend see jsfiddle created.

as not work , did research (working datepicker @ moment too) kindly refer this solution works perfect jquery 1.9.1 , jquery ui 1.9.2.

this code solves issue

$.datepicker._gototoday = function (id) {     var target = $(id);     var inst = this._getinst(target[0]);     if (this._get(inst, 'gotocurrent') && inst.currentday) {         inst.selectedday = inst.currentday;         inst.drawmonth = inst.selectedmonth = inst.currentmonth;         inst.drawyear = inst.selectedyear = inst.currentyear;     } else {         var date = new date();         inst.selectedday = date.getdate();         inst.drawmonth = inst.selectedmonth = date.getmonth();         inst.drawyear = inst.selectedyear = date.getfullyear();         // below 2 lines new         this._setdatedatepicker(target, date);         this._selectdate(id, this._getdatedatepicker(target));     }     this._notifychange(inst);     this._adjustdate(target); } 

i hope may :)

edit

to prepopulate input field current date need use setdate method. updated fiddle

$('#datepicker').datepicker('setdate', new date());