# Set date in calendar component

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-date-in-calendar-component/9413>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 11, 2002, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-date-in-calendar-component/9413 "2002-12-11T09:27:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![neh\_g](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@neh\_g](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/neh_g)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-date-in-calendar-component/9413/1 "2002-12-11T09:27:03Z")

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Hi to all,  
i want to set the default date in calender as 10 jan,2000. for the i wrote following code

myDate=new Date(2000,1,10)  
myCal.setSelectedItem(myDate);  
myCal.setDisplayedMonth(myDate);

but my date component is showing current date… can anybody help me for the same???

thanks  
Nehal

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-date-in-calendar-component/9413/2 "2002-12-11T10:30:44Z")

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man… isn’t that calendar componant a pain in the ass?? I can’t figure it out.

sorry I can’t help you… but maybe it’s a help just to know that others are having a problem with that componant as well. 🙂