diff --git a/browser/loops.js b/browser/loops.js
index bb24e2c..0f200a4 100644
--- a/browser/loops.js
+++ b/browser/loops.js
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ function showIfIn(node, conditions) {
     })
 }
 
+function setIfIn(node, conditions) {
+    dojo.forEach(conditions, function(cond) {
+        if (node.value == cond[0]) {
+            target = dojo.byId(cond[1]);
+            target.value = cond[2];
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 function destroyWidgets(node) {
     dojo.forEach(dojo.query('[widgetId]', node), function(n) {
         w = dijit.byNode(n);
diff --git a/organize/work/browser.py b/organize/work/browser.py
index 4e0f67d..8eef9a8 100644
--- a/organize/work/browser.py
+++ b/organize/work/browser.py
@@ -476,6 +476,16 @@ class CreateWorkItemForm(ObjectForm, BaseTrackView):
             return getTimeStamp()
         return None
 
+    @Lazy
+    def defaultDate(self):
+        return format.formatDate(date.today(), 'date', 'medium',
+                                 self.languageInfo.language)
+        #return time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d', time.localtime(getTimeStamp()))
+
+    @Lazy
+    def defaultTime(self):
+        return time.strftime('%H:%M', time.localtime(getTimeStamp()))
+
     @Lazy
     def date(self):
         ts = self.track.start or self.defaultTimeStamp
diff --git a/organize/work/work_macros.pt b/organize/work/work_macros.pt
index 959a814..41ca9c2 100644
--- a/organize/work/work_macros.pt
+++ b/organize/work/work_macros.pt
@@ -120,12 +120,21 @@
         <label i18n:translate="" for="action">Action</label>
         <select name="workitem.action" id="action"
                 onChange="showIfIn(this, [['move', 'target_task'],
-                                          ['delegate', 'target_party']])">
+                                          ['delegate', 'target_party']]);
+                          setIfIn(this, [['start', 'start_date', 
+                                                 this.form.default_date.value],
+                                         ['start', 'start_time', 
+                                                 this.form.default_time.value],
+                                         ['start', 'end_time', '']])">
           <option tal:repeat="action view/actions"
                   tal:attributes="value action/name"
                   tal:content="action/title"
                   i18n:translate="" />
         </select>
+        <input type="hidden" name="default_date" id="default_date"
+               tal:attributes="value view/defaultDate" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="default_time" id="default_time"
+               tal:attributes="value view/defaultTime" />
         <span id="target_party" style="display: none">&nbsp;
           <label i18n:translate="delegate_to_party" for="input_party"
                  style="display: inline">to</label>
@@ -212,12 +221,15 @@
         <label i18n:translate="" for="start-end-input">Start - End</label>
         <div id="start-end-input">
           <input type="text" name="start_date" style="width: 8em"
+                 id="start_date"
                  dojoType="dijit.form.DateTextBox"
                  tal:attributes="value view/date" />
           <input type="text" name="start_time" style="width: 6em"
+                 id="start_time"
                  dojoType="dijit.form.TimeTextBox"
                  tal:attributes="value view/startTime" /> -
           <input type="text" name="end_time" style="width: 6em"
+                 id="end_time"
                  dojoType="dijit.form.TimeTextBox"
                  tal:attributes="value view/endTime" /></div>
       </div>