Default value to auto populate current date in date picker field for confluence forms macro.

[Joshua Schneiderman]

Sorry I looked around to see if I could find a previous question about this, but I didn't find any that had what I was looking for. I also didn't find it in the macro FAQ. 

All I am trying to do is find the value to put into the default value field in the Date Picker macro in confluence forms so that it automatically populates the current date. 

E.G. My form auto populates the user filling out the form using $user.fullName as the default value. Is there an equivalent for current date? 

I have tried a few. $currentDate, $current.Date, currentDate, etc did not work. 

Thank you. :) 

[Aleksandr Zuevich · Accepted solution]

Hi Joshua,

Try $today.

[Joshua Schneiderman]

Thank you for responding. 

When I input that value it shows up on the form as $today and not the current date. 

Here is a screenshot. 

https://imgur.com/a/HVl3Gg2

[Aleksandr Zuevich]

It seems that you have not the latest version of Forms plugin (maybe this functionality isn't supported in your version). I tried it with 8.0.2:

[Joshua Schneiderman]

Ours is a tad behind. Thank you very much. :) 

[Ovidiu T]

Needed the same.

Not working for me, version 7.2.2, when setting "$today" I get "Date value is invalid or not in required range."

PS: not sure how Aleksandr Zuevich had version 8.0 in 2018; a typo perhaps? but then the above suggested answer doesn't work in version 7.2.2 which was released in Dec'2019.