How to set the default date on filter for Date field

[nhaydon]

I am trying to set the default date to today when the user clicks the filter icon on the column. Ideally have it selected in the calendar drop down. Any help would be appreciated.

[nhaydon]

looks like I got it. took some of this from a code library:

$("#Grid th:contains(Begin Date)") //find the header cell (th) for our column (Category)
       .find(".t-grid-filter") //find the filter button
       .click(function (e) { // subscribe to its click event
           var filterIcon = $(this);

           setTimeout(function () { //delay execution to allow the filtering menu to be created
               //get filter
               var filterMenu = filterIcon.data("filter");
               //get the filter datepicker
               var test = filterMenu.find('#GridCPBDTfirst').data('tDatePicker');
               //set default date to today
               test.value(new Date());

           });
       });