diff --git a/src/DateComboBox.js b/src/DateComboBox.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/DateComboBox.js
+++ b/src/DateComboBox.js
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ class DateComboBox extends Base {
     const state = Object.assign(super[internal.defaultState], {
       arrowButtonRole: ArrowDirectionButton,
       calendarRole: CalendarMonthNavigator,
-      date: calendar.today(),
-      datePriority: true, // since we're setting a default date
+      date: null,
+      datePriority: false,
       dateSelected: false,
       dateTimeFormat: null,
       dateTimeFormatOptions,
Revert Elix ~<I> era change in which a DateComboBox defaults to today. It seems safer to have the combo box's default value be empty and the default date by null. (If user opens combo box, they'll see that the default date in the calendar is today.) As a side effect, this fixes a long-standing bug in which an empty DateComboBox wouldn't let the user select today.