I have a number of inputs on a page function as JQ UI datepicker. Each needs to have different settings. I want to minimize the JS so I save the settings as an attribute in each individual .

<input type="text" class="datepicker" name="dateofbirth" id="dateofbirth" size="20" value="" options="{ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd',changeYear: true,yearRange: '1920:2010'}" />

<input type="text" class="datepicker" name="expdate" id="expdate" size="20" value="" options="{ yearRange: '2011:2020'}" />

I use js to load the options dynamically as the settings.

    $(document).ready(function(){
 $(".datepicker").each(function(index){
  $(this).datepicker("option" , $(this).attr('options'));
 });
});

datepicker is not functioning. If I empty the parentheses after $this.datepicker it works fine.

I have also tried another way to assign settings. ("option",...) no dice.