Current date in a form field

In Acrobat 7.0, I used a JavaScript to print the current date. However, I have been upgraded to Acrobat Professional 8.0 and the script does not update the date. It displays the creation date of the form.
Any help would be appreciated.

Is there any other action filling this field?
Add the following to the calculation:
console.show();
console.clear();
event.value = util.printd("mm/dd/yy", new Date());
console.println("Today is: " + util.printd("mm/dd/yy", new Date()) );

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