jQuery UI: Initialize the datepicker and set the first day of the week as Monday

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:35 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

jQuery UI Fundamental - I : Exercise-32

Initialize the datepicker and set the first day of the week as Monday.

Note: Sunday is 0, Monday is 1 etc.

Sample solution :

HTML Code :

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/jquery-ui-git.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-git.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/jquery-ui-git.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>Initialize the datepicker and set the first day of the week as Monday</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Pick a date:</p>   
<p><input type="text" id="datepicker1" /></p> 
</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code :

$( "#datepicker1" ).datepicker({
    firstDay: 1
});

See the Pen jquery-ui-fundamental-exercise-32 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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