[asp.net-mvc] Current date and time - Default in MVC razor

When the MVC view page with this textbox, loads , I would like to display current date and time by default. How can I do this? in razor.

  @Html.EditorFor(model => model.ReturnDate)

If you want to display date time on view without model, just write this:

Date : @DateTime.Now

The output will be:

Date : 16-Aug-17 2:32:10 PM

Isn't this what default constructors are for?

class MyModel
{

    public MyModel()
    {
        this.ReturnDate = DateTime.Now;
    }

    public date ReturnDate {get; set;};

}

You could initialize ReturnDate on the model before sending it to the view.

In the controller:

[HttpGet]
public ActionResult SomeAction()
{
    var viewModel = new MyActionViewModel
    {
        ReturnDate = System.DateTime.Now
    };

    return View(viewModel);
}