Update calendar.md

[rogercreagh]

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added info re setting default date to current date

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• Added documentation for setting default date in calendar field

• Explained use of default="now" for current date

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Documentation	calendar.md Add documentation for calendar field default date option  docs/general-concepts/forms-fields/standard-fields/calendar.md Added explanation for the default option in calendar field Described how to set default date to current date using default="now" +1/-0

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[ceford]

It should be made clear that what goes into the Default Date field is the word now for a default date of now.

[rogercreagh]

It should be made clear that what goes into the Default Date field is the word now for a default date of now.

Is this not clear (from the proposed change):

You can default to the current date by using default="now"

[ceford]

It should be made clear that what goes into the Default Date field is the word now for a default date of now.

Is this not clear (from the proposed change):

You can default to the current date by using default="now"

I tried it out. The field expects a date and if you enter default="now" there is an error when submitting the form. It took me several tries to figure out that the word now is required.

[rogercreagh]

I tried it out. The field expects a date and if you enter default="now" there is an error when submitting the form. It took me several tries to figure out that the word now is required.

Ah, so what you put in the xml was default="default="now"" ?!

Or were you just trying to set the date to the current date by typing "now" into the rendered form instead of pressing the "today" button. I didn't know that that worked but I've just tried it and it does.

So the confusion is that it wasn't clear that this is about setting the default attribute in the xml so that if no date is entered it comes up with a particular date (default="2016-09-14") or the current date (default="now").

I'll add
" for the default attribute in the xml"
to make it clearer.

[ceford]

Avoid the words press and pressing (and click). Use select/selecting which are device agnostic.