Angular ui bootstrap current date (today) highlight without selecting - angularjs

Question

I am using Angular.UI Bootstrap Datepicker (http://angular-ui.github.io/bootstrap/#/datepicker)
Now I am challenging one problem: the client always wants to see current date highlighted, even if it is not selected. Just like in this example (http://angular-ui.github.io/ui-date/).
Tried to google this problem, but no solution found for Angular.UI Bootstrap Datepicker.
There is no way, to switch to ui-date. Any ideas?
Thank you!

Answer 1

Replace in the datepicker control this
var days = getDates(firstDate, numDates), labels = new Array(7);
for (var i = 0; i < numDates; i++) {
var dt = new Date(days[i]);
days[i] = makeDate(dt, format.day, (selected && selected.getDate() === dt.getDate() && selected.getMonth() === dt.getMonth() && selected.getFullYear() === dt.getFullYear()), dt.getMonth() !== month);
}
with
var today = new Date();
var days = getDates(firstDate, numDates), labels = new Array(7);
for (var i = 0; i < numDates; i++) {
var dt = new Date(days[i]);
var highlight = (selected && selected.getDate() === dt.getDate() && selected.getMonth() === dt.getMonth() && selected.getFullYear() === dt.getFullYear());
if(!highlight) {
highlight = (today.getDate() === dt.getDate() && today.getMonth() === dt.getMonth() && today.getFullYear() === dt.getFullYear());
}
days[i] = makeDate(dt, format.day, highlight, dt.getMonth() !== month);
}

Answer 2

You can also use the custom-class attribute of the datepicker.
Like this:
<datepicker custom-class="isToday(date, mode)" show-weeks='false' class="well well-sm" ng-model="selectedDate" ng-change="onDateSelect()"></datepicker>
Then you add the function on the controller:
$scope.isToday = function(date, mode) {
var today = new Date();
today.setHours(12,0,0,0);
if(today.toDateString() == date.toDateString() ){
return 'today';
}
};
(another option is comparing day, month and year if you prefer)
Now just the css you want to evidence the day:
.today button{
background-color: #BCBCBC;}
PS: This will show the day if you change the date from today, if you want to have the current day highlighted always just make a stronger css selector to override the default '.active' class.