Displaying dates in Bridge CS3

Bridge CS3 seems to display dates differently according to the type of RAW file. For example the dates for my CRW files are displayed as Month + Year (e.g. March 2009), while dates for my CS2 files are displayed as Day Number + Month (e.g. 10 March). Is there any way that the format of dates can be changed so they are consistent? I would prefer Month + Year as that is more useful to me.

Thanks Curt. The date format in Metadata for all my images is the same - DD/MM/YYYY, so it seems to be a problem with the display. Looking more closely at the images where the date is displayed as Day Number + Month, they are ones taken on 1st January 2009 and 2nd February 2009, where the date in Metadata is shown as 01/01/2009 and 02/02/2009. In other words the day and month numbers are the same. I wonder if this is the source of the problem, or is it just a coincidence? Unfortunately I haven't got any photos dated the 3rd March so I'll have to wait until 4th April to test it further. In the meantime I'll go through my images to see if I have any more where the date is displayed as Day Number + Month and see if the day and month numbers are the same.

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Let me see if I understand this correctly. That "Digital Workflow 1" pdf told me to uncheck all IPTC boxes which is opposite what you just said.
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