Setting up Todays date in a template in ZOHO CRM

Setting up Todays date in a template in ZOHO CRM

I'd like to have at the beginning of my templates to show todays date.  Trying to either setup a field in leads module to accomplish this via mail merge or unless there's an easier way..

I have a formula field setup containing Now() but it doesn't pull the correct date via mail merge on the template.  It seems to only pull the current date of when the lead was created

Any ideas?