I have the model set as follow type alias Model = { currentdate : Maybe Date } init : Model init = { currentdate = Just Date} I am expecting the above to set the current date variable to todays date but i get an error Cannot find variable `Date` currentDate = Just Date

I haven’t dealt with dates yet but I’m gonna assume you’re using this package . The issue here is that you’re using Date (type) as a value. I highly recommend reading more about Elm’s types , and the differences between type constructors and data constructors for union types. One way you can obtain …

In addition to hrnxm comments, typically in Elm you can have a reasonable precise date/time value by having a “subscription” (see Commands and Subscriptions · An Introduction to Elm ) that runs periodically and ask the system for current date/time. That way, you store the value in your Model.curren…

When I started with Elm, I‘ve run into a similar problem: The init function runs only once, so why bother with tasks and subscriptions to do a simple thing like getting today’s date—especially because you can be fairly certain that the date doesn’t change during one session? That put me off a littl…

Another option if you’re starting out learning Elm and want to carry on quickly: import Date import Time exposing (Month(..)) -- comes from `elm install elm/time` init : Model init = { currentdate = Date.fromCalendarDate 2022 Jan 15 } This will get you a hardcoded date value, but it might be …

Another solution is using flags for this. What we do is pass the time as a flag and later on get a Date from that In JS : let flags = { initialTime: (new Date()).getTime() } let app = Elm.App.init({ node, flags }) In Elm type alias Flags = { initialTime : Posix } Decoding the flags loo…

How do i defualt a date model variable to todays date

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hrnxm February 16, 2022, 8:02am 7

@Sebastian
Just a small correction, I think you meant:

type alias Flags =
  {
    initialTime : Int
  }

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How do i defualt a date model variable to todays date

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