How can i set today date as a default date in html

Question

The new HTML5 input types are great. But is there any way to set the default value of the date field to today's date? I am working with html and php i want to set today date as a default date in date field of html5.

how can i do this?

you can set it with the help of php date function. – Moax6629 Dec 24 '13 at 12:56 — Moax6629, Dec 24 '13 at 12:56
Do not nag people to upvote your questions. It is abusive. – Flexo Dec 24 '13 at 16:32 — Flexo, Dec 24 '13 at 16:32

score 7 · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-24T13:04:05.453

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The value of input type="date" is always in YYYY-MM-DD format:

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

edited Dec 24 '13 at 13:04

answered Dec 24 '13 at 12:56

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which was taken from here? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6982692/html5-input-type-date-default-value-to-today. Have to admit that this is a standard line of code. – angabriel Dec 24 '13 at 13:00

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 24 '13 at 13:07

Like any HTML input field, the browser will leave it empty unless a default value is specified with the value attribute. HTML5 doesn't provide a way of specifying 'today' in the value.

You can do it with javascript or php.

Here is a sample with PHP :

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

Here is a sample with Javascript :

document.getElementById('myDate').value = new Date().toJSON().slice(0,10);

Here is a sample with jquery :

$(document).ready( function() {
    $('#myDate').val(new Date().toJSON().slice(0,10));
});

Thank you , it is really helpfull for me – Ritesh Dec 24 '13 at 13:24 — Ritesh, Dec 24 '13 at 13:24

How can i set today date as a default date in html

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