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Form field with formatted text different from its value

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2010-11-05 13:39:24
nepomucenobr
Registered: Jul 27 2010
Posts: 10
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Hi everyone,
 
I have a form field with a date format (mm/dd/yyyy). The thing is the value is different from what is been presented. For example, let's say I type june 15. After I hit tab it will present "06/15/2010" but if check the value of the field, it will be "june 15".
 
How can I get the formatted text? I was thinking about changing the value of the field to this formatted text on "on blur" event. Do you think it's a good idea?
 
Thank you!

My Product Information:
Acrobat, Windows
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2010-11-05 14:26:59
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gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
You can use the "Validation" script to force the formatting.

if (event.value != '')
event.value = util.printd('mm/d/yyyy', util.scand('mm/dd/yyyy', event.value))


George Kaiser

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2010-11-05 14:31:32
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nepomucenobr
Registered: Jul 27 2010
Posts: 10
It works! Thank you very much!
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