Why isn't my EditorFor datepicker field populating my value?

Question

I'm trying to get this datepicker field to populate with today's date but it's not happening for some reason. I can't find a reference for what options are accepted in the "new {}" section.

@Html.LabelFor(d => d.ServiceOn, new { @class = "control-label" })
@Html.EditorFor(d => d.ServiceOn, "DatePicker", new { disableMinDate = true, Value = DateTime.Today })
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(d => d.ServiceOn, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })

I've tried value, Value and @Value but the resulting html always shows value="". I'm wondering if maybe the datepicker itself is zeroing out the field. I feel like I'm missing something obvious here.

Answer 1

This should work:

@Html.LabelFor(d => d.ServiceOn, new { @class = "control-label" })
@{Model.ServiceOn= DateTime.Today;}
@Html.EditorFor(d => d.ServiceOn, "DatePicker", new { disableMinDate = true })
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(d => d.ServiceOn, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })

HTML work with the ModelState, not from the model itself.

If you want more loose helpers, ise @Html.Editor instead.