From 4b2ee0fa85e309437a137d7f9e2ab90fbd186ecf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wesley Cho <wesley.cho@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 13:42:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(datepicker): default to current date

- When model is empty, default to current date

Closes #5395
Fixes #5190
---
 src/datepicker/datepicker.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/datepicker/datepicker.js b/src/datepicker/datepicker.js
index 79542565e9..49ad11d19c 100644
--- a/src/datepicker/datepicker.js
+++ b/src/datepicker/datepicker.js
@@ -813,7 +813,8 @@ function(scope, element, attrs, $compile, $parse, $document, $rootScope, $positi
 
             scope.watchData[key] = value === null ? null : cache[key];
           } else {
-            scope.watchData[key] = dateParser.fromTimezone(new Date(value), ngModelOptions.timezone);
+            var date = value ? new Date(value) : new Date();
+            scope.watchData[key] = dateParser.fromTimezone(date, ngModelOptions.timezone);
           }
         }));