Current date format

Hello-
This seems like it should be so obvious and simple. I want the current date to pop up on a form letter. However, my only choice seems to be the format of 1/11/11. This isn't very professional looking, so I would like it to be 'January 11, 2011'. Why can't I override the format on the Calculated - Read Only or Runtime Property of the Object Value Type section???
Sorry if this is an old question - seems so silly.
Thanks for any info!!

Thanks Geo - that worked!
Even added the current time in a separate field using:
Num2Time(Time(), "hh:MM:SS A")
Is there a way to output the date AND time in the same form field?
I tried entering:
Num2Date(Date(), "D MMM YYYY") Num2Time(Time(), "hh:MM:SS A")
But it did not work...

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