Jquery UI datepicker. Disable array of Dates - jquery-ui

Question

I have been trying to search for a solution to my Jquery ui datepicker problem and I'm having no luck. Here's what I'm trying to do...
I have an application where i'm doing some complex PHP to return a JSON array of dates that I want BLOCKED out of the Jquery UI Datepicker. I am returning this array:
["2013-03-14","2013-03-15","2013-03-16"]
Is there not a simple way to simply say: block these dates from the datepicker?
I've read the UI documentation and I see nothing that helps me. Anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

You can use beforeShowDay to do this
The following example disables dates 14 March 2013 thru 16 March 2013
var array = ["2013-03-14","2013-03-15","2013-03-16"]
$('input').datepicker({
beforeShowDay: function(date){
var string = jQuery.datepicker.formatDate('yy-mm-dd', date);
return [ array.indexOf(string) == -1 ]
}
});
Demo: Fiddle

Answer 2

IE 8 doesn't have indexOf function, so I used jQuery inArray instead.
$('input').datepicker({
beforeShowDay: function(date){
var string = jQuery.datepicker.formatDate('yy-mm-dd', date);
return [$.inArray(string, array) == -1];
}
});

Answer 3

If you also want to block Sundays (or other days) as well as the array of dates, I use this code:
jQuery(function($){
var disabledDays = [
"27-4-2016", "25-12-2016", "26-12-2016",
"4-4-2017", "5-4-2017", "6-4-2017", "6-4-2016", "7-4-2017", "8-4-2017", "9-4-2017"
];
//replace these with the id's of your datepickers
$("#id-of-first-datepicker,#id-of-second-datepicker").datepicker({
beforeShowDay: function(date){
var day = date.getDay();
var string = jQuery.datepicker.formatDate('d-m-yy', date);
var isDisabled = ($.inArray(string, disabledDays) != -1);
//day != 0 disables all Sundays
return [day != 0 && !isDisabled];
}
});
});

Answer 4

$('input').datepicker({
beforeShowDay: function(date){
var string = jQuery.datepicker.formatDate('yy-mm-dd', date);
return [ array.indexOf(string) == -1 ]
}
});

Answer 5

beforeShowDate didn't work for me, so I went ahead and developed my own solution:
$('#embeded_calendar').datepicker({
minDate: date,
localToday:datePlusOne,
changeDate: true,
changeMonth: true,
changeYear: true,
yearRange: "-120:+1",
onSelect: function(selectedDateFormatted){
var selectedDate = $("#embeded_calendar").datepicker('getDate');
deactivateDates(selectedDate);
}
});
var excludedDates = [ "10-20-2017","10-21-2016", "11-21-2016"];
deactivateDates(new Date());
function deactivateDates(selectedDate){
setTimeout(function(){
var thisMonthExcludedDates = thisMonthDates(selectedDate);
thisMonthExcludedDates = getDaysfromDate(thisMonthExcludedDates);
var excludedTDs = page.find('td[data-handler="selectDay"]').filter(function(){
return $.inArray( $(this).text(), thisMonthExcludedDates) >= 0
});
excludedTDs.unbind('click').addClass('ui-datepicker-unselectable');
}, 10);
}
function thisMonthDates(date){
return $.grep( excludedDates, function( n){
var dateParts = n.split("-");
return dateParts[0] == date.getMonth() + 1 && dateParts[2] == date.getYear() + 1900;
});
}
function getDaysfromDate(datesArray){
return $.map( datesArray, function( n){
return n.split("-")[1];
});
}

Answer 6

For DD-MM-YY use this code:
var array = ["03-03-2017', '03-10-2017', '03-25-2017"]
$('#datepicker').datepicker({
beforeShowDay: function(date){
var string = jQuery.datepicker.formatDate('dd-mm-yy', date);
return [ array.indexOf(string) == -1 ]
}
});
function highlightDays(date) {
for (var i = 0; i < dates.length; i++) {
if (new Date(dates[i]).toString() == date.toString()) {
return [true, 'highlight'];
}
}
return [true, ''];
}

Answer 7

If you want to disable particular date(s) in jquery datepicker then here is the simple demo for you.
<script type="text/javascript">
var arrDisabledDates = {};
arrDisabledDates[new Date("08/28/2017")] = new Date("08/28/2017");
arrDisabledDates[new Date("12/23/2017")] = new Date("12/23/2017");
$(".datepicker").datepicker({
dateFormat: "dd/mm/yy",
beforeShowDay: function (date) {
var day = date.getDay(),
bDisable = arrDisabledDates[date];
if (bDisable)
return [false, "", ""]
}
});
</script>