How can I get the current time in HH:MM:SS as the default value in dropdown?

[pradeepkumarg]

I have a drop down where the user can select the Time as below.

<choice value="00:00:00">00:00:00</choice>
<choice value="01:00:00">01:00:00</choice>
<choice value="02:00:00">02:00:00</choice>
<choice value="03:00:00">03:00:00</choice>
<choice value="04:00:00">04:00:00</choice>
<choice value="05:00:00">05:00:00</choice>
<choice value="06:00:00">06:00:00</choice>
<choice value="07:00:00">07:00:00</choice>
<choice value="08:00:00">08:00:00</choice>
<choice value="09:00:00">09:00:00</choice>
.
.
.
&ltchoice value="24:00:00">24:00:00</choice>

Now, I want to provide a default value which will be current time.

I think I can pass a dummy value like below

<choice value="abc">Current Time</choice>

and then handle it in my search to check for that dummy value and replace it with now() to get the time.

But wanted to check if there is a better way to do this

[strive · Accepted solution]

Add this inside your fieldset

<input type="dropdown" token="varHours" id="field1">       
  <label>Hours :</label>
    <populatingSearch fieldForValue="hours" fieldForLabel="value">
        <![CDATA[search * | head 1 | eval tnow = now() | eval hours = strftime(tnow, "%H:%M:%S") | eval value="Current Time" | table value hours | append [| gentimes start=-1 end=0 increment=1h | eval hours = strftime(starttime, "%H:%M:%S") | eval value=hours | table value hours]]]>
    </populatingSearch>
</input>

[pradeepkumarg]

Awesome.. Thank you..