https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/todays-date-on-form Gravity Support Forums Topic: Today's Date on form en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:44:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/todays-date-on-form#post-186948 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:57:45 +0000 David Smith 186948@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Ben,</p> <p>This has been fixed and will be available in the next release. In the meantime, just add space and leave the field and it will save the value. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/todays-date-on-form#post-185746 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:08:51 +0000 ZeadsDead 185746@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>cool. just checked with 1.7beta2.... still not working. ill keep testing other features as well.<br /> ben </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/todays-date-on-form#post-184759 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:48:42 +0000 Chris Hajer 184759@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You're right. I was able to replicate this on 1.7beta1. The merge tags for dates are not saved as default values. I did confirm this works fine in 1.6.12. I'll let the development team know about the issue. Thank you for the report. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/todays-date-on-form#post-184675 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:24:18 +0000 ZeadsDead 184675@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>oops. not solved.</p> <p>When I set the merge tag for default value as {date_dmy} and click save, nothing happens. i check after saving and nothing is listed in the default box. its blank again. i am using the new convenient dropdown for the merge tags.</p> <p>I tried this with all three: No Icon, Calendar Icon, and Custom Icon</p> <p>versions below.</p> <p>PHP Version - 5.2.17<br /> MySQL Version - 5.1.67<br /> WordPress Version - 3.5.1<br /> Gravity Forms Version - 1.7.beta1 </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/todays-date-on-form#post-183405 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:36:46 +0000 ZeadsDead 183405@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>perfect, thanks. forum thread resolved. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/todays-date-on-form#post-183045 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:11:35 +0000 Chris Hajer 183045@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You can use one of these merge tags as the default value for your hidden field:</p> <p>{date_mdy}<br /> {date_dmy} </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/todays-date-on-form#post-179900 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:41:23 +0000 ZeadsDead 179900@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Instead of opening a new thread, I will add to this one.</p> <p>I want to create a date field that I will hide so only admin can see it.</p> <p>Next, I will create an autoresponder in mailchimp that schedules an email one week after today's date.</p> <p>The question remains, how do I create a date field that automatically populates with the date of submission. In other words, how do I get it to populate with today's date?</p> <p>Thanks, Ben </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/todays-date-on-form#post-50020 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:43:13 +0000 stimsonm2000 50020@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>How can I put todays date on the form that will show up in the results. </p>