Form Field formatting, SSN, Phone#, and Date

[johnnyZ]

I can format a form field for specific types of data.

Example 1. SSN, since everyone's SSN is 9 digits, when you type in the field 123456789, if I Custom format the field as SSN, Acrobat automatically knows where to place the dashes 123-45-6789.

Example 2. Phone #, since the typical telephone number in the US is 10 digits, when you type 8005555555. if I Custom format the field for telephone #, Acrobat automatically knows where to place the ()'s, space and dash.  (800) 555-5555.

My question is with the date:

Example 3. Date, If I simply enter 1232023, Acrobat would not know if I meant 1/23/2023 or 12/3/2023.  But if I Custom format a Date field as MM/DD/YYYY, why won't it accept 01232023 and place the /'s after the 2nd number and the 4th number?

I guess, what I'm trying to ask is, is there a way to enter a date without having to enter either -'s or /'s ?

[Nesa Nurani]

For 8 numbers 01232023 you can use this:

var str = event.value;
str = util.printx("99/99/9999", str);
if(event.value)
event.value = str;

[johnnyZ]

As always, thanks Nesa.

Yes, that works, but now is seems like you can't enter 5/5/2023.

Is there a way for the date field to accept both 5/5/2023 and 05052023?