# Set a default value for date picker field in forms

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/set-a-default-value-for-date-picker-field-in-forms/3019>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** forms\
**Created:** [August 14, 2017, 8:44am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/set-a-default-value-for-date-picker-field-in-forms/3019 "2017-08-14T08:44:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:44am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/set-a-default-value-for-date-picker-field-in-forms/3019/1 "2017-08-14T08:44:34Z")

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As a marketing user I would like the ability to set a default value for a date picker field on a form, but currently I only have the ability to select a date, which will not change depending on the day.

I would like to set it to Today’s date so the date changes with each change in day and also have the ability to set it to a text value, i.e. “Date”. Obviously this would benefit both us and the customer as it would seem odd to have the default value set as a date in the past.

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