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<dt-option library="DateTime">
	<name>minDate</name>
	<summary>Set the minimum date that can be selected and displayed.</summary>
	<since>DateTime 1.0.0</since>

	<type type="null">
		<description>
			When this option is `null` there is no minimum date imposed by DateTime.
	    </description>
	</type>

	<type type="string">
		<description>
			This option can also be a string. If this is the case it must be able to be taken by the [`Date` constructor](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/Date) as an argument to create a Date instance to represent the minimum selectable date (i.e. an ISO 8601 or RFC 2822 string).
	    </description>
	</type>

	<type type="Date">
		<description>
			This option can also be a directly given a [`Date` object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date).
	    </description>
	</type>

	<default value="null">
		As default, no minimum date is applied to DateTime instances.
	</default>

	<description>
		This option allows a minimum selectable date to be imposed. This means that users won't be able or select dates that occur before the date set here.
	</description>

	<example title="Set minDate to the start of 2000 using a RFC 2822 string"><![CDATA[
new DateTime(document.getElementById('test'), {
	minDate: 'January 1, 2000 00:00:00'
});
]]></example>

<example title="Set minDate to the start of 2000 using a Date (from ISO8601 format)"><![CDATA[
new DateTime(document.getElementById('test'), {
	minDate: new Date('2000-01-01 00:00:00')
});
]]></example>

<related>de-init maxDate</related>
<related>de-init yearRange</related>

</dt-option>
