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?

Answer 1

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

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

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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).