diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/forms/RenderingEngineTemplateImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/forms/RenderingEngineTemplateImpl.java
index 6441729478..98afa16e22 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/forms/RenderingEngineTemplateImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/forms/RenderingEngineTemplateImpl.java
@@ -381,6 +381,10 @@ public class RenderingEngineTemplateImpl
       final String webappUrl = AVMUtil.buildWebappUrl(formInstanceDataAvmPath);
       final HashMap<QName, Object> model = new HashMap<QName, Object>();
       // add simple scalar parameters
+      model.put(QName.createQName(NamespaceService.ALFRESCO_PREFIX,
+                                  "date",
+                                  namespacePrefixResolver),
+                new SimpleDate(new Date(), SimpleDate.DATETIME));
       model.put(QName.createQName(NamespaceService.ALFRESCO_PREFIX,
                                   "avm_sandbox_url",
                                   namespacePrefixResolver),