From a1425a67a0ff6f337cc5a655a308aee7efb4b0a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?L=C3=BCtfi=20Alt=C4=B1n?= <lutfi.altin@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:02:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add getter methods for date limits

---
 js/bootstrap-datepicker.js | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js b/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js
index 08f1a2d..65f5f0d 100644
--- a/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js
+++ b/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js
@@ -636,6 +636,10 @@
 				return DPGlobal.formatDate(d, format, lang);
 			}).join(this.o.multidateSeparator);
 		},
+		
+		getStartDate: function(){
+			return this._utc_to_local(this.o.startDate);
+		},
 
 		setStartDate: function(startDate){
 			this._process_options({startDate: startDate});
@@ -643,6 +647,10 @@
 			this.updateNavArrows();
 			return this;
 		},
+		
+		getEndDate: function(){
+			return this._utc_to_local(this.o.endDate);
+		},
 
 		setEndDate: function(endDate){
 			this._process_options({endDate: endDate});

From 34af22058440a2513dc168ac3312d6cca8518527 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: laltin <lutfi.altin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:59:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added docs & tests. bugfix

---
 docs/methods.rst           | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 js/bootstrap-datepicker.js |  4 ++--
 tests/suites/methods.js    | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/methods.rst b/docs/methods.rst
index 2ccd3ab..5ce911a 100644
--- a/docs/methods.rst
+++ b/docs/methods.rst
@@ -144,6 +144,22 @@ Arguments: None
 Returns the internal list of UTC date objects, as they are and unconverted to local time, of the first datepicker in the selection.  For use with multidate pickers.
 
 
+getStartDate
+------------
+
+Arguments: None
+
+Returns the lower date limit on the datepicker.
+
+
+getEndDate
+----------
+
+Arguments: None
+
+Returns the upper date limit on the datepicker.
+
+
 setStartDate
 ------------
 
diff --git a/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js b/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js
index 65f5f0d..d86885f 100644
--- a/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js
+++ b/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
 		},
 		
 		getStartDate: function(){
-			return this._utc_to_local(this.o.startDate);
+			return this.o.startDate;
 		},
 
 		setStartDate: function(startDate){
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
 		},
 		
 		getEndDate: function(){
-			return this._utc_to_local(this.o.endDate);
+			return this.o.endDate;
 		},
 
 		setEndDate: function(endDate){
diff --git a/tests/suites/methods.js b/tests/suites/methods.js
index 572cdf2..4d74e01 100644
--- a/tests/suites/methods.js
+++ b/tests/suites/methods.js
@@ -92,6 +92,24 @@ test('setEndDate', function(){
     strictEqual(returnedObject, this.dp, "is chainable");
 });
 
+test('getStartDate', function(){
+    var date_in = new Date(Date.UTC(2012, 3, 5)),
+        expected_date = date_in,
+        returnedObject = this.dp.setStartDate(date_in);
+    // ...
+    datesEqual(returnedObject.getStartDate(), expected_date);
+    strictEqual(returnedObject, this.dp, "is chainable");
+});
+
+test('getEndDate', function(){
+    var date_in = new Date(Date.UTC(2012, 3, 5)),
+        expected_date = date_in,
+        returnedObject = this.dp.setEndDate(date_in);
+    // ...
+    datesEqual(returnedObject.getEndDate(), expected_date);
+    strictEqual(returnedObject, this.dp, "is chainable");
+});
+
 test('setDaysOfWeekDisabled - String', function(){
     var days_in = "0,6",
         expected_days = [0,6],