U can set the Input or Input with type="date" (datetimepicker) using JQuery.

In Razor view

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.StartedDate, new { @id = "mydate", @type = "date", @class = "form-control" })

Here is the JS code

   $(document).ready(function () {
        var dateNewFormat, onlyDate, today = new Date();

        dateNewFormat = today.getFullYear() + '-' + (today.getMonth() + 1);

        onlyDate = today.getDate();
 
        if (onlyDate.toString().length == 2) {
            dateNewFormat += '-' + onlyDate;
        }
        else {
            dateNewFormat += '-0' + onlyDate;
        }

        $('#mydate').val(dateNewFormat);
    });

U can set the Input or Input with type="date" (datetimepicker) using JQuery.

In Razor view

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.StartedDate, new { @id = "mydate", @type = "date", @class = "form-control" })

Here is the JS code

   $(document).ready(function () {
        var dateNewFormat, onlyDate, today = new Date();

        dateNewFormat = today.getFullYear() + '-';
        if (today.getMonth().length == 2) {

            dateNewFormat += (today.getMonth() + 1);
        }
        else {
            dateNewFormat += '0' + (today.getMonth() + 1);
        }

        onlyDate = today.getDate();
        if (onlyDate.toString().length == 2) { 

            dateNewFormat += "-" + onlyDate;
        }
        else {
            dateNewFormat += '-0' + onlyDate;
        }

        $('#mydate').val(dateNewFormat);
    });