diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b6d9ce1a..d7c5e290e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 ### 0.11.0 (Major Release)
 
+#### Adds options of `today` and `yesterday` in the date picker
+If you pass in `user_options=True` to the date picker. You will be provided with options to select today or yesterday in the form tag.
+
+#### Adds `dateHelper` to the rootScope
+The dateHelper has the functions `now` and `yesterday` that return javascript Dates for
+the current time and the current time - 1 day.
+
 #### Deprecates the _title property
 In future we will use the standard `verbose_name` property as the display name. The abstract models have been changed to account for this.
 
diff --git a/doc/docs/reference/form_templatetags.md b/doc/docs/reference/form_templatetags.md
index a7a24f9d1..e0c4a0e7a 100644
--- a/doc/docs/reference/form_templatetags.md
+++ b/doc/docs/reference/form_templatetags.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Keywords:
 * `mindate` Angular Javascript expression to return the minimum possible date
 * `element_name` If this exists this is an Angular expression that is set to the 'name' attribute of the html element
 * `style` The form style to render this widget with. Possible values are `['horizontal', 'vertical']`. Defaults to 'horizontal'
-
+* `user_options` If set to `True` this will add the default options of `today`, ie the current date, or `yesterday`, ie t-1.
 
 ### {% timepicker ... %}
 
diff --git a/opal/static/css/opal.css b/opal/static/css/opal.css
index 2d759272d..58a9c36c4 100644
--- a/opal/static/css/opal.css
+++ b/opal/static/css/opal.css
@@ -1215,3 +1215,7 @@ hr.bold{
   max-height: 150px;
   overflow-y: auto;
 }
+
+.input-group-btn .btn{
+  padding: 8.5px 12px;
+}
diff --git a/opal/static/js/opal/utils.js b/opal/static/js/opal/utils.js
index b347105d3..a062ea79b 100644
--- a/opal/static/js/opal/utils.js
+++ b/opal/static/js/opal/utils.js
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ OPAL._run = function($rootScope, ngProgressLite, $modal, $location, $analytics,
         ngProgressLite.set(0);
     });
 
+    $rootScope.dateHelper = {
+      now: function(){ return new Date(); },
+      yesterday: function(){
+        return moment().subtract(1, 'days').toDate();
+      }
+    }
+
     $rootScope.open_modal = function(controller, template, resolves){
         $rootScope.state = 'modal';
 
diff --git a/opal/static/js/test/utilsTest.js b/opal/static/js/test/utilsTest.js
index 49b8bc90e..cb9d23791 100644
--- a/opal/static/js/test/utilsTest.js
+++ b/opal/static/js/test/utilsTest.js
@@ -46,6 +46,26 @@ describe('Utils.OPAL._run', function (){
         passedFunction();
         expect(mock_scope.state).toBe('normal');
     });
+
+    it('Should add dateHelper to the root scope.', function () {
+        var mock_scope = { $on: function(){} };
+        OPAL._run(mock_scope, {}, {})
+        expect(mock_scope.dateHelper).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it('Should provide the current datetime when dateHelper.now() is called', function () {
+        var mock_scope = { $on: function(){} };
+        OPAL._run(mock_scope, {}, {});
+        var now = moment(mock_scope.dateHelper.now());
+        expect(now.isSame(moment(), 'minute')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('Should provide the yesterdays datetime when dateHelper.yesterday() is called', function () {
+        var mock_scope = { $on: function(){} };
+        OPAL._run(mock_scope, {}, {})
+        var yesterday = moment().subtract(1, "day");
+        expect(moment(mock_scope.dateHelper.yesterday()).isSame(yesterday, 'minute')).toBe(true);
+    });
 });
 
 describe('utils.OPAL._track', function(){
diff --git a/opal/templates/_helpers/datepicker.html b/opal/templates/_helpers/datepicker.html
index 93bc00c66..f1dfa4071 100644
--- a/opal/templates/_helpers/datepicker.html
+++ b/opal/templates/_helpers/datepicker.html
@@ -10,21 +10,31 @@
     class="col-sm-8"
     {% endifequal %}
     >
-    <input type="text" class="form-control"
-           uib-datepicker-popup="dd/MM/yyyy"
-           ng-model="{{ model }}"
-           is-open="{{ formname }}[{{ element_name }} + '_open']"
-           min-date="{{ mindate}}"
-           max-date="maxDate"
-           show-button-bar="false"
-           show-weeks="false"
-           name="[[ {{ element_name}} ]]"
-           datepicker-options="{startingDay: 1}"
-           ng-focus="{{ formname }}[{{ element_name }} + '_open']=true"
-           close-text="Close"
-           {% if change %}
-           ng-change="{{ change }}"
-           {% endif %}
-           />
+    {% if options %}
+      <div class="input-group">
+    {% endif %}
+        <input type="text" class="form-control"
+               uib-datepicker-popup="dd/MM/yyyy"
+               ng-model="{{ model }}"
+               is-open="{{ formname }}[{{ element_name }} + '_open']"
+               min-date="{{ mindate}}"
+               max-date="maxDate"
+               show-button-bar="false"
+               show-weeks="false"
+               name="[[ {{ element_name}} ]]"
+               datepicker-options="{startingDay: 1}"
+               ng-focus="{{ formname }}[{{ element_name }} + '_open']=true"
+               close-text="Close"
+               {% if change %}
+               ng-change="{{ change }}"
+               {% endif %}
+               />
+     {% if user_options %}
+         <span class="input-group-btn">
+           <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" ng-click="{{ model }} = dateHelper.now()" href="">Today</a>
+           <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" ng-click="{{ model }} = dateHelper.yesterday()" href="">Yesterday</a>
+         </span>
+       </div>
+     {% endif %}
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/opal/templatetags/forms.py b/opal/templatetags/forms.py
index 2cb7c1eb9..eb57f1d92 100644
--- a/opal/templatetags/forms.py
+++ b/opal/templatetags/forms.py
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ def datepicker(*args, **kwargs):
     context = _input(*args, **kwargs)
     if 'mindate' in kwargs:
         context['mindate'] = kwargs['mindate']
+    context["user_options"] = kwargs.pop("user_options", False)
     return context
 
 
diff --git a/opal/tests/test_templatetags_forms.py b/opal/tests/test_templatetags_forms.py
index 2e0b809cd..cd3e90ece 100644
--- a/opal/tests/test_templatetags_forms.py
+++ b/opal/tests/test_templatetags_forms.py
@@ -295,6 +295,16 @@ def test_datepicker(self):
         self.assertIn('ng-model="bai"', rendered)
         self.assertIn('hai', rendered)
 
+    def test_datepicker_options_default(self):
+        template = Template('{% load forms %}{% datepicker label="hai" model="bai" mindate="Date(2013, 12, 22)" %}')
+        rendered = template.render(Context({}))
+        self.assertNotIn('bai = now', rendered)
+
+    def test_datepicker_options_on(self):
+        template = Template('{% load forms %}{% datepicker label="hai" model="bai" mindate="Date(2013, 12, 22)" user_options=True %}')
+        rendered = template.render(Context({}))
+        self.assertIn('bai = dateHelper.now()', rendered)
+
     def test_datepicker_min_date(self):
         template = Template('{% load forms %}{% datepicker label="hai" model="bai" mindate="Date(2013, 12, 22)" %}')
         rendered = template.render(Context({}))