jQuery set current Date to input type="datetime-local" <p>I have the following html</p> <pre><code>&lt;input type="datetime-local" id="startDate"&gt; </code></pre> <p>with the default format: <code>dd.mm.yyyy mm:hh</code></p> <p>I would like to set it`s default value to the current local time of my client with jQuery.</p> <p>So far I have tried different solutions on this page but nothing worked.</p> <p>For example</p> <pre><code>$("#startDate").val(new Date().getTime() / 1000 | 1); $("#startDate").val(new Date().toDateString()); </code></pre> <p>Can you please help me?</p>