fixes #4888 use today as default date for new annotations

plugins/Annotations/Controller.php

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace Piwik\Plugins\Annotations;
 
 use Piwik\API\Request;
 use Piwik\Common;
+use Piwik\Date;
 use Piwik\Piwik;
 use Piwik\View;
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ class Controller extends \Piwik\Plugin\Controller
         list($startDate, $endDate) = API::getDateRangeForPeriod($date, $period, $lastN);
         $view->startDate = $startDate->toString();
         $view->endDate = $endDate->toString();
+        $view->today = Date::today()->toString();
 
         $dateFormat = Piwik::translate('CoreHome_ShortDateFormatWithYear');
         $view->startDatePretty = $startDate->getLocalized($dateFormat);

plugins/Annotations/templates/_annotationList.twig

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
         {% for annotation in annotations %}
             {% include "@Annotations/_annotation.twig" %}
         {% endfor %}
-        <tr class="new-annotation-row" style="display:none;" data-date="{{ startDate }}">
+        <tr class="new-annotation-row" style="display:none;" data-date="{{ today }}">
             <td class="annotation-meta">
                 <div class="annotation-star">&nbsp;</div>
                 <div class="annotation-period-edit">
-                    <a href="#">{{ startDate }}</a>
+                    <a href="#">{{ today }}</a>
 
                     <div class="datepicker" style="display:none;"/>
                 </div>