error message when setting today's date in a field

Question

I'm trying to get Acrobat to pre-populate a date field with today's date. I have placed the following code in the "Page Open" section:

var f = this.getField("Date");

f.value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", new Date());

Date is the field name. The format matches the format for the field. When I open the document I get the following error:

"Invalid date/time: please ensure that the date/time exists. Field [Date] should match format mm/dd/yyyy"

The date appears in the field with the proper format. Any idea why I'm getting the error?

try67 · Accepted Answer

Very strange. Try deleting the field, saving the file, and then re-creating it. If that doesn't help you will need to share the file with us for further help...

brian704 · Answer

I tried that but all I get in the field is a "0" - no error message though

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