Jquery datepicker how to get current day in function beforeShowDay?

Question

$('#calendar').datepicker({
    inline: true,
    beforeShowDay:  function(date) {
       var currentDay = date.getDate(); //how to get current Day
       return [true, "css"];
    }
});

Answer 1

To set current date as default date:

$("#calendar").datepicker().datepicker("setDate", new Date());