jQuery / Programmatically Select an Option in Select Box
update:
As of jQuery 1.9, jQuery has updated this functionality. The "selected" state of an option is actually a property, therefore jQuery has changed this to use the .prop() method. Syntax is very similar and easy to switch:
$('#startTime option[value=17:00:00]').prop('selected', true);See http://api.jquery.com/prop/#entry-longdesc for why it needs to pass true.
Older jQuery
$('#startTime option[value=17:00:00]').attr('selected', 'selected');or
$('#startTime option[value='+ data[0].start +']').attr('selected', 'selected');