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I dont think that using EditorFor you can set a default value. Consider setting it in the accessors on your model?

To do it on other types ( TextBoxFor etc ) You can set a value but not a default value. So you would need to do:

@if(Model.something == null)

{

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.ID, new { @Value = "Value!"})

} else {

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.ID)

}

As I would reccomend:

private DateTime? _date;

public DateTime? date {

get {

if(_date == null)

_date = DateTime.Now;

return _date;

}

set {

_date = value;

}

}

Using things such as jquery date picker allow you to have a default value if the problem is that you are just posting nothing back if it has not been selected.