Formula Rich Text - editing a record field to today's date

I am using the Formula Rich Text to edit a record.  It is easy to update a field in the record to text, but I need to update a date field to today's date.  I can't seem to make today() or date() work.  If it put in a date in text (i.e. 1/10/2021) it will show up, but it will not "find" and enter today's date.



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Jeff Elliott
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