Saving Date in Database table in Readonly Format

a!textField(
label: "Date Of Application",
labelPosition: "ABOVE",
value: ri!today(),
saveInto:{ri!today(), a!save(ri!LM_CustomerDetails.loanid.dateOfApplication,today())} ,
readOnly: true
)

i need to save the date in database . i have tried various means but cannot find correct way. can anyone solve this.

thanks 

Yeswanth