CURRENT_DATE text variable not working in all places, why?

[set]

According to KiCad docs the CURRENT_DATE text variable must contain Today’s date, in ISO format. See Schematic and PCB

And it works … well kind of. If I use it in a simple text in the schematic it gets replaced, but if I use it in the title block it doesn’t:

At the left you can see the variable replaced, but not in the Date field of the title block.

Is this on purpose?

Note: I want to get the current date when people prints the schematic while editing it and the last commit date when a CI/CD workflow does it.

[RaptorUK]

Maybe it’s not available in the Drawing Sheet Editor

[set]

But the problem is in Eeschema. The value is expanded only at some places. And isn’t in the title block itself, just in a value entered in Eeschema …

IMHO shouln’t be the case

[RaptorUK]

Although when I do put it in using the Drawing Sheet Editor and then preview it it seems to work . . .

[set]

Interesting, then it looks like a bug

[RaptorUK]

I save my change and re-opened my Schematic, seems to work . . .

[set]

I can’t get it. Are you sure it wasn’t stored in your kicad_pro or kicad_sch file?

[RaptorUK]

Not 100% sure I get what you mean . . .

Previously in my template I had ${ISSUE_DATE} so I simply changed this to ${CURRENT_DATE} saved my template and re-opened my Schematic . . . I did select CURRENT_DATE from the list rather than typing it all in, that might make a difference.