diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/core/py_js/py_builtin.js b/addons/web/static/src/core/py_js/py_builtin.js
index 760c5f26ff3..a4d82730056 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/core/py_js/py_builtin.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/core/py_js/py_builtin.js
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ export const BUILTINS = {
         return PyDate.today();
     },
 
+    get current_date() {
+        // deprecated: today should be prefered
+        return this.today;
+    },
+
     get today() {
         return PyDate.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d");
     },
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/core/py_js/py_date_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/core/py_js/py_date_tests.js
index f65b1887809..9ed9ab4dc01 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/core/py_js/py_date_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/core/py_js/py_date_tests.js
@@ -190,5 +190,10 @@ QUnit.module("py", {}, () => {
         QUnit.test("now", (assert) => {
             assert.ok(check("now", formatDateTime));
         });
+
+        QUnit.test("current_date", (assert) => {
+            patchDate(2021, 8, 20, 10, 0, 0);
+            assert.deepEqual(evaluateExpr("current_date"), "2021-09-20");
+        });
     });
 });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/search/search_model_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/search/search_model_tests.js
index 881d1bea7bd..cbc6ff6f3e7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/search/search_model_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/search/search_model_tests.js
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ QUnit.module("Search", (hooks) => {
                 <filter name="filter_0" domain="[('datetime', '=', (datetime.datetime.combine(context_today(), datetime.time(0,0,0)).to_utc()))]"/>
                 <filter name="filter_1" domain="[('date', '=',  context_today() + relativedelta(days=-365))]"/>
                 <filter name="filter_2" domain="[('create_date', '&gt;', (context_today() - datetime.timedelta(days=1)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))]"/>
+                <filter name="filter_3" domain="[('date_deadline', '&lt;', current_date)]"/>
             </search>
         `;
 
@@ -800,6 +801,7 @@ QUnit.module("Search", (hooks) => {
             [["datetime", "=", "2021-09-16 22:00:00"]],
             [["date", "=", "2020-09-17 00:00:00"]],
             [["create_date", ">", "2021-09-16"]],
+            [["date_deadline", "<", "2021-09-17"]],
         ];
 
         const model = await makeSearchModel({ serverData, searchViewArch });