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    Can I make the date field autofill with todays Date with Acrobat DC?

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    Community Expert , Feb 15, 2017 Feb 15, 2017 try67 • Community Expert , Feb 15, 2017 Feb 15, 2017

    I moved your question to the PDF Forms forum.

    OK, here's how you do it: Search the tools for Document JavaScripts and open it. Create a new item. Let's call it "load".

    Delete any pre-existing code in the window that opens, and paste this code instead into it:

    this.getField("Today").value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", new Date());

    The code above assumes you have a field called "Today" that you want to populate with today's date. You can change that, as well as the date format, if you wish.