JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<input id="date" type="text" />

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){ 
    var today = new Date(); //gets a date object for today
    var month = today.getMonth()+1; // gives a value between 0-11 | 0 is for January - 11 for December so we add 1
    //alert(month.toString().length);
    if(month.toString().length < 2)
        month = '0'+month;    
    if(today.toString().length < 2)
        day = '0'+day;
    var day = today.getDate(); //gets the day
    var year = today.getFullYear(); //gets the year
    
    //alert(year);
    
    //Now set the #date input 
    $('#date').val(month+"/"+day+"/"+year);
    
});