When using Angular Material md-datepicker, by default the system's current date is set as today's date and highlighted in the calendar. However, I am looking for a way to manually set any given date as today's date instead. Please see this image for reference: md-datepicker's calendar (highlighted in yellow)
For example, if I want to set 2nd April 2017 as today's date, I would like the datepicker to reflect this change by circling that date on the calendar