Sys.Date() providing date of last server restart

[fedeb95]

I have a dateRangeInput in ui.R that sets as start and end Sys.Date(). When I start the server the date is correct, but after a day it remains the same, so for the days after, until I restart the server. Am I missign something?

[bborgesr]

Your UI is probably not a function, and so it is being cached by Shiny for performance reasons. If you don't want the caching, just make it into a function (however, this does mean that you lose the slight performance benefit of UI caching).

Turn this:

ui <- fluidPage(...)

into this:

ui <- function(req) {
  fluidPage(...)
}

[daattali]

UI caching/using function(req) is another extremely useful feature that almost nobody knows about and can be added to the FAQ :)

[fedeb95]

Thank you! Using a function solved the issue