Acrobat Date field features and Bluebeam

[GunTravis]

Question: Our team uses both Acrobat and Bluebeam. Forms we create in Acrobat are generally useful when opened in Bluebeam; e.g., Text fields and drop-down lists function just fine in Bluebeam. 

The Date field does not function the same way in Bluebeam as it does in Acrobat. In Bluebeam we cannot select a date from the drop-down calendar; we can only enter a date manually.

In Bluebeam the Date field is still restricted to just adding dates in the date format created in Acrobat, however. For example, we cannot enter 10/9/25 in the field in Bluebeam if it was formatted in Acrobat as mmmm d, yyyy, which would be October 9, 2025. If we attempt to enter in the m/d/yy format we get an error banner. 

Here's the question: is there something else I need to do to the Acrobat date field to make it cross-functional in Bluebeam? 

[Thom Parker]

The popup calendar in Acrobat is an Acrobat feature. It's a courtesy feature to assist with date entry. It is not part of the PDF or PDF specification.  

As for the date entry,  BlueBeam has very good support for the Acrobat JavaScript model.  The date field is just a regular PDF text form field with some scripts to ensure date entry and display follows a specific format. When a field uses the built-in formatting functions it is dependant on the viewer support for these functions, which can vary.  The solution to consistency is to provide custom date scripts.