ACCESS DATABASE: Date Field

We use a lot of copying records. Although we have formatted the date field using the input mask (99/99/00;0;_) for a short date (MM/DD/YY) it still records the time. When we copy a record, it does not allow us to change the date of the new record because it includes the time anyway. Anyway of getting around this? Do we have to use a different format for the date?