Default Start date is not Today's date

Gantt
#1

Hello,
The default start date for newly created tasks not showing the current date but of 1 day before.
Please check the snippet: https://snippet.dhtmlx.com/wv5fivu1

Lets say; the gantt chart is empty and I am starting to create tasks, and in that case the default start date should be the day that I created not 1 day before.

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Thanks.

#2

Hello Thomas,
I added it as a bug to our internal bug tracker. The dev team will fix it in the future, but I cannot give you any ETA.

For now, you need to implement a custom solution by using the Gantt API and Javascript.

To make it work for the inline editors, you need to modify the value in the onEditStart event handler:

gantt.ext.inlineEditors.attachEvent("onEditStart", function(state){
   if (state.columnName == "start_date" && gantt.getTaskCount() == 1){
       gantt.ext.inlineEditors.getState().placeholder.firstChild.firstChild.value = gantt.date.date_to_str("%Y-%m-%d")(new Date())
   }
});

To make it work in the lightbox, you need to modify the onTaskCreated event handler:

gantt.attachEvent("onTaskCreated", function (task) {
    if (gantt.getTaskCount() == 1){
        task.start_date = new Date();
    }
    return true;
});

Here is the updated snippet:
https://snippet.dhtmlx.com/6of0hf9h