$(document).ready(function() {
$('input.cal').datepicker({
dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy',
minDate: 0
});
$('#mainForm').validate({
onfocusout: false,
onkeyup: false,
rules: {
requestReason: {
required: true,
maxlength: 4000
},
requestedDate: {
required: true
}
},
messages: {
requestReason: {
required: '',
maxlength: ''
},
requestedDate: {
required: '',
}
},
errorClass: 'fld-err',
errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
element.parents('div:first').append(error);
}
});
});