Am I correct in thinking there is no way to set the default value of a date field to “today”? Naturally I can set the value to today’s static date (ie July 24th), but there seems no way to set it to a dynamic “today”.
Hey! You can’t set this in the new Default Value setting, you can vote for this as it should cover your use case: Allow using a Formula to define Default Values
Right now the solution is to set the default value using an automation, after the user creates the entity.
Trigger: When entity is created.
Action: Update entity
Fields: Date, set by formula, Today()
This will not show in the UI and forms as the default value before creation, but will be set after the entity is created.