diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a3ebe44c..e44cfd6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 - Show the data item its details when clicking on the record
 - Refactoring of the explorer view panel listeners
+- Added `{{now}}` placeholder to the publishing date for content creation
 - [#243](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/243): Refactoring front matter parsing
 
 ### 🐞 Fixes
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45286a51..59b3903f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -827,7 +827,8 @@
                 {
                   "title": "Publishing date",
                   "name": "date",
-                  "type": "datetime"
+                  "type": "datetime",
+                  "default": "{{now}}"
                 },
                 {
                   "title": "Content preview",