Datetimepicker assigned value

I have a form that is linked with the data bindings to a Access database. I have a datetimepicker object on the form. The text data binding property of that object is linked with a date field in the Access database. When the form is brought up and the user goes from record to record everything works fine. When they add a new record and they pick a date and then update the record, everything again works fine. Now, if they add a new record, and then pick everything else, but the date (which will by default say today), then I get an error about the date being a null value. Even though the date
says today, it thinks it is null. I tried to assign the value of the datetimepicker to today by default, but it still thinks it is null. There is also no 'text' propery on the object. Any ideas on how to fix this? Hopefully I explained myself somewhat clearly. Thanks!