Date value: new Date()

[balogb]

I'm trying to default the value of a Date Picker Field to today's date. In the value field, the validation will not pass other than m/d/y. I've tried a number of different ways to get around it, but have not been successful. Is there a way around it? known bug? special format that I have not tried yet? Thanks.

[avrahqedivra]

I use the evil command 'eval'

instead of the default value 'new Date()'

use

eval('new Date()')