PropertyGridItem Date format? (and NULL)

Hi,

I am using the PropteryGrid and this statement:
Set Item = Category.AddChildItem(PropertyItemDate, "Release Date", adoRSLookup.Fields("user_release_date") & "")

The date format in the SQL table is '2004-10-01' but when the property grid displays '01/10/2004'

I have tried item.format = "mm/dd/yyyy" with no luck, and I cant seem to find the docs on this.

Oh and if the value is NULL got any sexy way of handling that? I put an If then and change the property value, because I dont want the '01/01/2004' date to appear when the value is in the database. Here is how I handled it:

If Not IsNull(adoRSLookup.Fields("user_release_date")) Then
    Set Item = Category.AddChildItem(PropertyItemDate, "Release Date", adoRSLookup.Fields("user_release_date") & "")
    Item.Description = "user_release_date"
Else
    Set Item = Category.AddChildItem(PropertyItemString, "Release Date", "---")
    Item.Description = "user_release_date"
End If

I would love to hear how I am a chucklehead and be pointed in a better direction.

Thanks for any help,
Regards,
Steven

So far, in the next release you will be able to bind items of type PropertyItemDate.  Just to let you know, this has been sent to development and we are waiting for a response