How to set minimum DatePicker date to current date

Question

I want to set the minimum date the user can choose in a DatePicker to the current date. I've tried this:

DatePicker datePicker = (DatePicker) findViewById(R.id.event_date);
datePicker.setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis());

That gives me the following exception:

12-01 12:23:31.226: E/AndroidRuntime(10311): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: fromDate: Sat Dec 01 12:23:31 EST 2012 does not precede toDate: Sat Dec 01 12:23:31 EST 2012

How do I do this?

Sam · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-01T18:04:28.750

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The error says you cannot set the minimum date to exactly now. Try subtracting a second:

datePicker.setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis() - 1000);

From the source code the minimum date must be before, not equal to, the current date:

if (date.before(mMinDate)) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("fromDate: " + mMinDate.getTime()
            + " does not precede toDate: " + date.getTime());
}

So you simply need to subtract enough time from now (System.currentTimeMillis()) pass date.before(mMinDate).

edited Dec 01 '12 at 18:04

answered Dec 01 '12 at 17:41

Sam

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apart from above solution, you can simply set the minimum values for that particular date as mentioned [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/23006624/1288725) – Mehul Joisar Nov 21 '14 at 07:20
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This solution partially works for me on 5.0.1 (Samsung S4) with `DatePickerDialog`. I can **still** select any date in the current month. However, I can't select a date from a previous month. – Shubham A. Aug 31 '15 at 05:15
Can also use: setMinDate(Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis()); – ITJscott Jun 13 '16 at 13:39
@ShubhamA Did you solve this issue because it happened with me too. I can select any date in the current month. – Khalid Ali Jan 24 '18 at 07:47
**- 1000** doesn't work for Kotlin for some cases :( – J A S K I E R Jan 31 '21 at 13:46

score 18 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 02 '16 at 12:20

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If you don't want to use a custom dialog. Use this single line code:

datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis());

edited Jul 02 '16 at 12:20

Karl Gjertsen

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answered Jul 02 '16 at 10:01

Nikhil Jain

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This doesn't work for devices below 5.0 for some reason. The marked answer works for all the cases. – Ramesh Dec 06 '16 at 05:19
This will result in the same exception as the OP described (at least on Android API 16 and 18) and it's just a different way to select the date picker. – coffeemakr May 12 '18 at 20:05

Saiful Alam · Answer 3 · 2015-05-09T17:23:49.833

Check the Android DatePickerDialog set minimum and maximum date code.

Here is the examples.

final Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();  
    int year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);  
    int month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH);  
    int day = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);  
DatePickerDialog dpd = new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(),AlertDialog.THEME_TRADITIONAL,this,year, month, day);  

    //Get the DatePicker instance from DatePickerDialog  
    DatePicker dp = dpd.getDatePicker();  
    //Set the DatePicker minimum date selection to current date  
    dp.setMinDate(c.getTimeInMillis());//get the current day  
    //dp.setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis() - 1000);// Alternate way to get the current day  

    //Add 6 days with current date  
    c.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,6);  

    //Set the maximum date to select from DatePickerDialog  
    dp.setMaxDate(c.getTimeInMillis());  
    //Now DatePickerDialog have 7 days range to get selection any one from those dates

Please avoid link-only answers – rmuc8 May 09 '15 at 07:38 — rmuc8, May 09 '15 at 07:38

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 27 '18 at 19:31

This worked perfectly for me. easy and nice.

DatePickerDialog dialog = new DatePickerDialog(this, this,
              Calendar.YEAR,Calendar.MONTH,
                Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

        dialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis());
        dialog.show();

score 4 · Answer 5 · edited May 30 '18 at 08:22

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Adding this line to your DatePicker Fragment will set the minimum date as current date & disable the previous months.

datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis());

edited May 30 '18 at 08:22

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answered Apr 19 '17 at 11:56

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 13 '21 at 18:02

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For custom date

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.set(2017, 0, 1);//Year,Month -1,Day
your_date_picker.setMaxDate(c.getTimeInMillis());

answered Oct 13 '21 at 18:02

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 23 '20 at 12:41

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datePicker.getDatePicker().setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis() - 1000);

The minimum date can't be the instant moment

answered Apr 23 '20 at 12:41

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 01 '12 at 17:31

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This can help you.

Calendar cal=Calendar.getInstance();

int year=cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
int month=cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);
int day=cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
int hour=cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
int min=cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE);

datePicker.updateDate(year, month, day);

timePicker.setCurrentHour(hour);
timePicker.setCurrentMinute(min);

answered Dec 01 '12 at 17:31

Ali Imran

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I don't want to set the default date I want to set the minimum date the user can choose. – gsgx Dec 01 '12 at 17:32

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 01 '12 at 17:41

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Try this

datePicker.setMinDate(new GregorianCalendar.getTimeInMillis());

answered Dec 01 '12 at 17:41

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some comment would help this answer – dove Dec 01 '12 at 17:59

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 12 '19 at 10:26

datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis());

OR

DatePickerDialog dialog = new DatePickerDialog(this, this,
          Calendar.YEAR,Calendar.MONTH,
            Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

    dialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis());
    dialog.show();

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 21 '22 at 18:15

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To set the current date In Kotlin do it this way:

myDatePicker.setMinDate(System.currentTimeMillis())

answered Mar 21 '22 at 18:15

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