Todays date

[jasecorn]

I’d like to have the date element default to today’s date.
I know I can do this with a single line text and insert a variable, but there appears to be no way of doing this with the actual date element – I can only set a static default date.
I’d rather not use a text line to achieve this.

Can this be done?

[Ally]

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[jasecorn]

Awesome! Thanks!

[gmwestrup]

How can you make it do this on every form? Just add one for each form? I have many forms and want to make this the default.

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[gmwestrup]

Thanks, awesome as usual!

[jasecorn]

Hi

Is there a way to change the timezone offset for this? It appears to be getting today’s date from the server, instead of from the users’s local PC.

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[jasecorn]

Thanks for that!
Although I think you meant to use .getDate() instead of .getDay()?
.getDay returns the days of the week instead of the month.

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[jasecorn]

Hi Ally

I just noticed that while this works great initially, with the form set to “Display a message” after submitting the form, the date field is reset to the default (d/m/y) when a form is submitted – so it loses the date completely after the first submission.
Is there any way to make this stick after submitting a form?

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[jasecorn]

Awesome! That works great. Thanks 🙂

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