Formatting Date in MS Word

I am trying to build an RTF template for XML Publisher I need date in specific format like dd/mm/yy or ddmmyy. I am trying to use Forms, Text Form Field, changed the type to date. ENtered a ddefault date and gave the format in the date format. But no Formatting is done in runtime. It however works finr for Numbers. How else in Word can I format the date to the way I want? Please help. This is urgent

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