Date format based on locale

Hi Gurus,
I am currently making changes to some of our existing forms so that the dates and quantities will format properly based on the locale. I am passing in the local to the form and using this to set the format. Everything works fine except for the US dates, which is getting formatted as Jan 21, 2015 instead of 01/21/2015. Because of space constraints I need to use the "shortened" version. I currently have the field set as type Date/Time and nothing listed under Patterns. I tried using date.short{} in the pattern field, but ended up with 01/21/15. Date.medium{} and date.default{} gave me the Jan 21, 2015. Does anyone know if there is a way to get the full 4 digit year?
Thanks!
Julie

Hello Julie
You can create the following pattern
date(en_US) {MM/DD/YYYY}
A default date value must conform to the short format for the locale specified for the date field. However, by default, Designer displays the default value in the medium locale format at both design time and run time.
For example, consider a form with a Date/Time Field set to use the German (Germany) locale. You enter the default value for a date in the short format DD.MM.YY. After you change the focus to another field, the value specified in the field on the page is displayed in the medium format DD.MM.YYYY. The formatted value also appears in the medium format if you view the form in the Preview PDF tab.
Note: At run time, by default, form fillers must edit the value of date/time fields using the short format for the locale specified for the field. If you specify an Edit Pattern on the Edit tab in the Patterns dialog box (Field tab > Patterns), that pattern overrides the short format, and users must enter data that conforms to the Edit Pattern.
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regards
sandy

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