Grid Date Column Default Value

[Scott Rakestraw]

When I add a new row my date column is getting a default value assigned to it which is the date from when the grid initially loaded and not the current date.  Is this the expected behavior?

[Iliana Dyankova]

Hi Scott,

You are correct - this is the default behavior of Kendo UI Grid. In case you would like to change the default date you could use the dataSource.schema.model (link). As an example: 

$("#grid").kendoGrid({
  //....
  dataSource: {
     //....
     schema: {
         model: {
            fields: {
                //....
                OrderDate: { type: "date", defaultValue:  new Date("2011/12/28") },
            }
         }
     }
  }
  //....
});

Regards,
Iliana Nikolova
Telerik