# Setting Today's Date with Workflows **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\ **Tags:** workaround, workflows, free, professional, best-practices, how-to, enterprise, starter\ **Created:** [November 22, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/setting-todays-date-with-workflows/94543 "2023-11-22T07:03:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SaraP](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sarap/32/38163_2.png) [@SaraP](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SaraP)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/setting-todays-date-with-workflows/94543/1 "2023-11-22T07:03:38Z")
In workflows or reporting, it can be useful to compare activities based on **today’s date** or understanding data in the context of **today’s date**. As this isn’t a default property provided by HubSpot, we can easily set this up by: 1. Creating a _Today’s date_[custom property](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/crm-setup/manage-your-properties) (field type: date picker) 2. Creating a [_scheduled workflow_](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/workflows/create-a-scheduled-trigger-workflow) to recur every day, enrolling all records and setting a date stamp for _Today’s date_. However, as this requires an Operations Hub Professional/Enterprise subscription, an easy workaround to set this up would be to use 2 workflows instead: 1. Create a _Today’s date_[custom property](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/crm-setup/manage-your-properties) (field type: date picker) ![Today's Date.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/9/196d28bd74bf799c601457755282a7a16d85fa90.png) 2. Create a workflow called Today’s Date 1: 1. This workflow will enroll records based on Today’s date is known or Today’s date is unknown. 2. With Today’s date is known, we’d be able to [re-enroll records into the workflow](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/workflows/add-re-enrollment-triggers-to-a-workflow#:~:text=When%20using%20the,previously%20having%20one.). 3. With Today’s date is unknown, new records would enroll into the workflow. 4. Records would be delayed until the next day, and we can use 00:15 to allow for buffer in case of enrolment delays. 5. Following the delay, Today’s date will be set to the **date of step**. 6. Records will then be enrolled in Today’s Date 2. ![Today's Date 1 Enrollment.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/3/732cb1576fb46e9df42d2a0feef5d814daeda28f.png) Enrollment Triggers ![Today's Date 1 Re-enrollment.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/0/907103ba6d96f55c76892e8587256ce389d621fc.png) Re-enrollment triggers ![Today's Date 1 Steps.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/3/23d0731e6c5e84f60abd8e04c8bb6fb68fcf8bb4.png) Steps 3. Create a workflow called Today’s Date 2: 1. This workflow will not have any enrolment triggers, as records will be enrolled by Today’s Date 1. 2. Make sure to turn re-enrolment on! 3. Records would be delayed until the next day, and we can use 00:15 to allow for buffer in case of enrolment delays. 4. Following the delay, Today’s date will be set to the **date of step**. 5. As Today’s date has been updated, the record would meet the enrolment criteria of Today’s Date 1 (_Today’s date is known_) and will re-start the flow. ![Today's Date 2 Enrollment.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/f/bf2d439d9695551b95ed2bfe980a3b8da254133d.png) Enrollment and re-enrollment triggers ![Today's Date 2 Steps.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/5/f5d1987680297d1b027f539a4d4060f30e15b937.png) Steps Hope this helps 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jigar\_Thakker](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jigar_thakker/32/63606_2.png) [@Jigar\_Thakker](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Jigar_Thakker)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 8:09am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/setting-todays-date-with-workflows/94543/2 "2023-11-22T08:09:05Z")
Thanks for Sharing @SaraP