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HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.11.0/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<form name='frm' id="frm">
<input type='text' name="reportDate" id="reportDate">
    <input type="submit" value="submit" />
    </form>

JavaScript

$.validator.addMethod("maxDate", function(value, element) {
	var curDate = new Date();
    var inputDate = new Date(value);
    if (inputDate < curDate)
		return true;
	return false;
}, "Invalid Date!");

$("#frm").validate({
    rules: {
        reportDate: {
            required: true,
            date: true,
            maxDate: true
        }
    }
});