# Default Date in Date component but later changeable

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-date-in-date-component-but-later-changeable/110824>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [September 22, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-date-in-date-component-but-later-changeable/110824 "2025-09-22T09:23:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![mahalakshmi.b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@mahalakshmi.b](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mahalakshmi.b)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-date-in-date-component-but-later-changeable/110824/1 "2025-09-22T09:23:59Z")

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I want to set the default value of the date component as current date, but later user should be able to choose another date. how to achieve this

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**Author:** ![robertm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@robertm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robertm)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-date-in-date-component-but-later-changeable/110824/2 "2025-09-22T09:32:30Z")

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Use a binding of now(0)

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**Author:** ![mahalakshmi.b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@mahalakshmi.b](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mahalakshmi.b)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-date-in-date-component-but-later-changeable/110824/3 "2025-09-22T09:33:33Z")

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but users will have to choose another date if they need , using now() will only stick to the current value

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**Author:** ![robertm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@robertm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robertm)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-date-in-date-component-but-later-changeable/110824/4 "2025-09-22T09:38:03Z")

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No, now(0) updates once. Now without the 0 qualifier updates continuous. Read the last code snippet:

> **[now | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/expression-functions/date-and-time/now)**
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> Returns the current time.