inserting a DATE field into a form

[badgoat]

Hello!

Is there a way to insert a datestamp into a form where the value is whatever the current date is? I have been trying:

$updated=date('M j Y');
<tr>
<td>Date:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="updated" size="10" value="date('M j Y')" ></td>
</tr>

and various other similar attempts at showing the date, but no luck. What am I doing wrong?

[m_tt]

value="date('M j Y')" should be value="{$updated}"

?

[AdRock]

or if the form isn't echoed through php you can

value="<? echo $updated; ?>"

[Installer]

Or better: value="<?php echo $updated; ?>"

[roscor]

heres what I use in a form

<tr>
    <td width="16%" align="right"><font face="Veranda" size="2">Date Joined :</td>
    <td width="84%">    

    <input type="hidden" name="datejoined" size="1" id="datejoined" value="<? echo date("d-n-Y"); ?>" ><? echo date("d-n-Y"); ?></td> 
    </tr>

This displays the date as such: 16-11-2006