Renaming Date Field Changing it to Text Type
- Renaming Date Type field changes it to Text Type
Issue: Renaming any Date type field when using "prepare form" in Adobe Pro, causes the field to be changed to a Text Type field. This causes issues with errors when uploading/downloading the form.
Replication Steps:
Open the Sample Document attached in Adobe Pro
Click Tools > Forms & Signatures > Prepare Form
This should load the open form into the prepare form tools
Right click on the "Date" Field
Click 'Rename Field'
Change the name to: Date (no "afdate" suffix)
Hit Enter
See in the right menu, the field has changed from a Date Type to Text Type.
Right click the field again
Click 'Rename Field'
add the suffix: afdate to the field name
Hit Enter
See on the Right menu the field had changed back to Date TypeEnvironment:
Windows 10 Pro
Version 20H2
OS Build 19042.867
Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
Version 2021.001.20155Expected Result: Date fields should remain Date Type when they are renamed
Observed Result: Date fields are changing field type when they are renamed to remove the "afdate" suffix