Submission timestamp on PDF form

How do I add a timestamp to an enabled PDF form? Need to document original date form is submitted/printed

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/X/standard/using/WSAC8084C2-14F7-4841-9EF8-92106D22C3D B.w.html#WS8b24479264ec42284efd56d112be2a22ee6-8000
It CANNOT be done with Reader, only Acrobat can enable timestamping.

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