>>>>I need to enter dates using IE 6 data binding from XML data island.
>>>>
>>>>My windows date format is dd.mm.yyyy
>>>>
>>>>If I try to enter ANY date value in ANY format, IE 6 always displays error
>>>>
>>>>A value could not be saved into the data sources 'docdate' field.
>>>>Operation failed with status 7.
>>>>Discard changed value ?
>>>>
>>>>Is it possible to enter dates using date datatype in IE 6 ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>test code (remove extra spaces)
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>< xml id="DocHead" javaDSOCompatible="true">
>>>>< DocHead xmlns:dt='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes'>
>>>>< row> < docdate dt:dt="date">2000-01-02< /docdate> < /row>
>>>>< /DocHead>
>>>>< /xml>
>>>>
>>>>< table DATASRC=#DocHead>
>>>>< tr>< td> < input datafld=docdate dataformatas=localized-text>< /td>< /tr>
>>>>< /table>
>>>>

>>>
>>>If you use this date format you have to enter the date in the same format. With the same sample and a date of 2001-11-26 you don't get an error, but the date format is changed to the windows setting after exiting the field.
>>
>>Thank you for yyyy-mm-yy tip.
>>
>>How I can enter dates in the same format as in my windows setting, dd.mm.yyyy ?
>>
>>Also: if I enter 2001-11-26 in first time, and press tab, date is shown
>>as 1/26/01 (my windows setting is dd.mm.yyyy !)
>>If I enter 2001-11-26 second time, and press tab, date is not converted at all !? It shows 2001-11-26 as entered. Why ?
>
>Yeah, that's strange. I haven't tried relying on the xml data source for date formatting, usually I instruct the user about the proper date format and validate it using a script or a COM server.

Is it reasonable to use XML data island bound controls for data entry ?
Are there any samples about this ?