How to set the default date as today - kwantu/platformconfiguration GitHub Wiki
When configuring a date element in a data object you and use the 'today()' function to set the date as today's date. This will return a value in the “DD/MM/YYYY” format.
Following is an example of the configuration:
<fieldData dataType="string">
<default>
<calculated>
<xpathFunction function="today()">
</xpathFunction>
</calculated>
</default>
</fieldData>