Very strange. The condition described above should populate today’s date in the new record. This feature is merely limited by field metadata, not by the object you are using. If it is a date field on a custom object it shoudl work.
Can you make sure the field is editable? Can you make sure you have the right field in your condition and in your page? Are they both in the same model? (Yes, Im grasping for straws…)
If nothing works maybe you can give us login rights and we can take a look.
