How to set input type date's default value to today?

Question

The HTML5 input types are great, Opera\'s new built-in date picker is a breeze, and Chrome has at least supported the new input type with a spin-wheel implementation.

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Answer 1

For NodeJS (Express with SWIG templates):

<input type="date" id="aDate" name="aDate" class="form-control" value="{{ Date.now() | date("Y-m-d") }}" />

Answer 2

You could fill the default value through javascript as seen here: http://jsfiddle.net/7LXPq/

$(document).ready( function() {
    var now = new Date();
    var month = (now.getMonth() + 1);               
    var day = now.getDate();
    if (month < 10) 
        month = "0" + month;
    if (day < 10) 
        day = "0" + day;
    var today = now.getFullYear() + '-' + month + '-' + day;
    $('#datePicker').val(today);
});

I would probably put a bit of extra time to see if the month and date are single digits and prefix them with the extra zero...but this should give you an idea.

EDIT: Added check for the extra zero

Answer 3

Follow the standard Y-m-d format, if you are using PHP

<input type="date" value="<?php echo date("Y-m-d"); ?>">

Answer 4

if you need to fill input datetime you can use this:

<input type="datetime-local" name="datetime" 
       value="<?php echo date('Y-m-d').'T'.date('H:i'); ?>" />

Answer 5

This is very much simple by applying following code, Using PHP

<input type="date" value="<?= date('Y-m-d', time()); ?>" />

Date function will return current date, by taking date in time().

Answer 6

The following code works well:

<input type="date" value="<?php echo date('Y-m-d'); ?>" />

Note that this relies on PHP.