diff --git a/site-lisp/db-org.el b/site-lisp/db-org.el
index bce04c3..8b3b643 100644
--- a/site-lisp/db-org.el
+++ b/site-lisp/db-org.el
@@ -1093,7 +1093,9 @@ DATE should be a string of the form %Y-%m-%d.  The timeline will
 be formatted for this day, starting at 00:00 and ending at
 23:59 (sorry, no leap seconds supported yet).  When not given,
 FILES defaults to `org-agenda-files’."
-  (interactive "sDate: ")
+  (interactive "sDate (default today): ")
+  (when (string-empty-p date)
+    (setq date (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d")))
   (db/org-format-timeline (concat date " 00:00")
                           (concat date " 23:59")
                           files))