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HTML

<!doctype html>
 
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>jQuery UI Datepicker - Restrict date range</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" />
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js"></script>
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css" />
    <script>

    </script>
</head>
<body>
 
<p>Date: <input type="text" id="datepicker" /></p>
 
 
</body>
</html>

JavaScript

$(function() {
        var querysDate = '2012-12-14',
        dateParts = querysDate.match(/(\d+)/g)
        realDate = new Date(dateParts[0], dateParts[1] - 1, dateParts[2]);  
        
        $('#datepicker').datepicker('setDate', realDate);      
        $('#datepicker').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd',minDate: realDate,maxDate: '+6M', onChange: function( selectedDate ){ tester(selectedDate); }});
        
        function tester( val ){
        alert(val);
    }

    tester( $('#datepicker').datepicker("getDate") );

    });