title: Angular ui-date pre-populate bound data
body: <p>I am fairly new to SPA development, but I have not found the answer to this anywhere. I have a simple date-picker in my page:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div&gt;Select Date: &lt;input type="text" ui-date ui-date-format="yy-mm-dd" ng-model="outputParam"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In my controller, I set the value of outputParam</p>
  
  <pre><code>$scope.outputParam = new Date();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I was hoping for was that the value of the bound variable would pre-populate in my UI, but when the page loads, it is blank.</p>
  
  <p>I know the code to set the variable runs because of console logging I have added. I also know the variable is set to a value for the same reason.</p>
  
  <p>What am I missing?</p>