<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="script/common.css"> <script src="script/common.js"></script> <script> function setup(){ $('input').datepicker({ format: 'mm-dd-yyyy', startDate: '03-14-2013' }); }; </script> </head> <body data-capture="input, .datepicker"> <input type="text" value="03-18-2013"> </body> </html>