Feature Request : DateTime Component - Option to set current time as default value for picker

Short description of the problem:

The DateTime Component allows to create a simple input component for date and time inputs. It would be nice, if there was an option to set the current time as default value for the picker.

In many cases it would be useful, if the default value of the picker was not 1. January 2016 but the current date of the day. With this people could fill out the form even faster, same applies to time inputs.

What behavior are you expecting?

Add some sort of attribute to the datetime component which allows to set the default value of the picker to the current time.

<ion-item>
  <ion-label>Date</ion-label>
  <ion-datetime displayFormat="MM/DD/YYYY" [(ngModel)]="myDate" useCurrentTimeAsDefaultValue="true"></ion-datetime>
</ion-item>

Which Ionic Version? ionic 2.00-beta 11

[charlesen]

What if we want our input to be empty but setting picker to the current date ?

[ollyjohn]

+1 on @charlesen’s comment. This is a situation I’m currently facing which doesn’t seem to be catered for…