Default Date to Today, not the date that is today
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Hunter Rohrer
I have a custom date field for my form that is the date they submitted the form, I want to default it whatever the current date is. Currently when I hit today it sticks to the date that is today and doesn't change each new day.
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Michael Jarvis
Hunter Rohrer
Another option for capturing the submission date would be to use the “Date Created” property, which automatically records when the form submission or task is created. This can serve as a reliable way to reference the submission date without needing a separate custom field.
Ideally, it would be helpful if there were a way to use formulas relative to the submission date (for example, something like =TODAY() or =TODAY()+7) so the value updates dynamically. However, if your main goal is simply to track when the form was created, the Date Created field could be a good alternative.
It looks like they closed this similar one, but the reply there showing how automations could be used may help: