Date Form Fields

Hi

I have inserted a form field in a letter template which will be partially protected. I have set the form field as a date, but have entered my own date format in the form field options as D/MMMM/YYYY so when people type in this field within the protected area, the date will always come out as e.g. 4 March 2009 and not 04 March 2009 etc. This works fine in the sense the date format will change to my format as apposed to other formats. But this only works fine when the user clicks or tabs to the next form field. However, if the user clicks in to the non protected area to start typing the body of the letter, having not tabbed/clicked to the next form field, the date format will not update and will stay as whatever date format they have entered therefore meaning the user MUST click or tab to the next form field in the letter to enable the date format to update.

Is there a way of getting around this to ensure if people dont tab to the next form field and go straight to the non protected area, that the date does update its format?

Thanks