From 8ab2a6036be99c397c7d2fcb4ad3ebaeba549546 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erez Rokah <erezrokah@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 17:30:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(date): allow default value to Date field (#3740)

---
 packages/netlify-cms-widget-date/src/DateControl.js | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-widget-date/src/DateControl.js b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-date/src/DateControl.js
index 37c5a50b..497ff837 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-widget-date/src/DateControl.js
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-date/src/DateControl.js
@@ -50,7 +50,14 @@ export default class DateControl extends React.Component {
     };
   }
 
+  getDefaultValue() {
+    const { field } = this.props;
+    const defaultValue = field.get('default');
+    return defaultValue;
+  }
+
   formats = this.getFormats();
+  defaultValue = this.getDefaultValue();
 
   componentDidMount() {
     warnDeprecated();
@@ -60,9 +67,9 @@ export default class DateControl extends React.Component {
      * Set the current date as default value if no default value is provided. An
      * empty string means the value is intentionally blank.
      */
-    if (!value && value !== '') {
+    if (value === undefined) {
       setTimeout(() => {
-        this.handleChange(new Date());
+        this.handleChange(this.defaultValue === undefined ? new Date() : this.defaultValue);
       }, 0);
     }
   }