Changed the date field of the transaction forms to set the default value in the view, but not the form, so that the default value is not set when it did not receive a value.

src/accounting/transaction/forms.py

@@ -574,7 +574,8 @@ class IncomeCurrencyForm(CurrencyForm):
 
 class IncomeTransactionForm(TransactionForm):
     """The form to create or edit a cash income transaction."""
-    date = DateField(default=date.today())
+    date = DateField(
+        validators=[DataRequired(lazy_gettext("Please fill in the date."))])
     """The date."""
     currencies = FieldList(FormField(IncomeCurrencyForm), name="currency",
                            validators=[NeedSomeCurrencies()])
@@ -647,7 +648,8 @@ class ExpenseCurrencyForm(CurrencyForm):
 
 class ExpenseTransactionForm(TransactionForm):
     """The form to create or edit a cash expense transaction."""
-    date = DateField(default=date.today())
+    date = DateField(
+        validators=[DataRequired(lazy_gettext("Please fill in the date."))])
     """The date."""
     currencies = FieldList(FormField(ExpenseCurrencyForm), name="currency",
                            validators=[NeedSomeCurrencies()])
@@ -756,7 +758,8 @@ class TransferCurrencyForm(CurrencyForm):
 
 class TransferTransactionForm(TransactionForm):
     """The form to create or edit a transfer transaction."""
-    date = DateField(default=date.today())
+    date = DateField(
+        validators=[DataRequired(lazy_gettext("Please fill in the date."))])
     """The date."""
     currencies = FieldList(FormField(TransferCurrencyForm), name="currency",
                            validators=[NeedSomeCurrencies()])

src/accounting/transaction/views.py

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ def show_add_transaction_form(txn_type: TransactionType) -> str:
         form.validate()
     else:
         form = txn_op.form()
+        form.date.data = date.today()
     return txn_op.render_create_template(form)