use current date as default value for a column

Question

Is there a way to set the default value of a column to DateTime.Now in Sql Server?

Example:

table Event
Id int (auto-increment) not null
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Answer 1

Table creation Syntax can be like:

Create table api_key(api_key_id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) 
PRIMARY KEY, date_added date DEFAULT 
GetDate());

Insertion query syntax can be like:

Insert into api_key values(GETDATE());