Pre-fill dates for your respondents
Set the default value of your date fields to today, tomorrow, a specific number of days from now, and more in your form or survey
How to pre-fill dates in your form
Drag and drop a
Date picker
or Date time picker
field to your form. ![notion image](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%252F2a7ed980-5add-4b51-82ab-889415f57134%252Fbb425009-d24b-4584-85f4-ffd6a55431c2%252FScreen_Shot_2023-11-09_at_9.49.13_AM.png%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D6c31804e-3a76-491d-9aea-62926a75b858%26cache%3Dv2&w=3840&q=75)
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On the right-hand panel click
+
under Default value to add a reference. Then, click the date icon
on the left side of the pop-up followed by your chosen option. In this example, we'll select Today.![notion image](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%252F2a7ed980-5add-4b51-82ab-889415f57134%252Ffa761d11-34fa-4924-a2eb-c51010e0e7fd%252FScreenshot_2024-06-26_at_5.10.15_PM.png%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3Dec3301a6-3f05-4014-aa02-d0160aca8a46%26cache%3Dv2&w=3840&q=75)
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That's it! Respondents will now see the current date automatically, based on when they fill out the form.
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Note: Respondents will still be able to change the date even if you have set a default value.
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You can also type a certain date using the format YYYY-MM-DD.
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