Adding a DateTime stamp to XML data file on PDF Form

I have a PDF form which is submitting data via email.
I am not requiring a signature.
Along with the data collected on the form, I'd like the XML data file sent to include a date/time stamp. Roughly, this could be when the "Submit" button was selected.
I have been able to get the current date/time to display, on the form. However, I cannot get the value displayed on the form to be sent in the dataset.

I got this to work using the following steps:
1) create a field (TextField1 in the data example below) on the form for the data/time (this could be a hidden field, if you want). Mine is set to "Calculated-Read Only"
2) Populate it in its calculate script using:
this.rawValue = xfa.timeStamp;
(I could have scripted it to set its value in the Submit button, so the date & time are determined when the button is clicked, instead of when the form is opened).
3) Make sure to set the field's binding to "normal" instead of "none" - this ensures that the field's value is part of the submitted XML data file. This is the key step.
When I click the email submit button, I get the following XML Data;
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<form1
><TextField1
>2008-03-03T16:01:59Z</TextField1
><TextField2
>some text</TextField2
></form1
>

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