Using date separators in forms

Hi, I am new to making forms in Writer. I have made a form which includes a date field, but when I look at the pdf there are no date separators, even though I clicked on the dd/mm/yyyy option. Why?

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The problem is that form controls for “special numbers” end up as text boxes when exporting to pdf.

Thanks for letting me know, I’ll change them to text boxes.