SharePoint List Column Today's Date

Question

All,

Does anyone know how to make a column in a SharePoint list that will always display today's date when rendered? I've seen tricks that require the list/item to be modified each day however, that's not what I'm looking for. I just want a column that whenever the list is viewed it displays the current date.

Thanks for any feedback.

Answer 1

I wanted to say that you use calculated columnns, but unfortunately according to this link the TODAY function is supported as a default value, but not supported in a calculated column.

So, outside of a default value, the only way to do this may be through a more involved effort. I see two options:

• Use SharePoint Designer and the Data Form Web Part to show a view into a list with an additional column that has today's date.

• The right way to do this is likely a computed field as it does not involve storing any additional information, but simply displays additional information. I didn't find a good link that only discussed computed fields, but this link does go into a bit of depth.