ASP.NET mvc: How to automatic fill the date field with today's date?

Question

Assume that a model has a datetime datatype. So in view there will be a blank field ask you to input datetime.

Is there a way to fill this HTML field with today's date/datetime as default value?

Answer 1

model.SomeDateField = DateTime.Now();

return View(model);

Answer 2

Simple

<%: Html.TextBox("date", DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString()) %>

Or use javascript to get the client's browser date. Better yet use jquery's datepicker for nice UI for selecting dates. With it you can also prepopulate the default date:

/**
    Enable jquery UI datepickers
**/
$(document).ready(function () {
    $(function () {
        $(".date-select").datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd.mm.yy' });
        $(".date-select").datepicker($.datepicker.regional['sl']);
    });
    $(function () {
        $("#someDateField").datepicker('setDate', new Date());
    });
});