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You really need to pay closer attention to the field switch syntax: 'm' is for minutes; 'M' is for months...

in your first post, you said
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Originally Posted by MimiCush View Post
I would like to enter a date (say with a format of mmmm dd, yyyy) and bookmark it.
A switch with that format generates "minute day, year", which is why I said the date switch for the first field should be:
\@ "MMMM DD, YYYY"
not:
\@ "mmmm dd, yyyy"

You then said
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Originally Posted by MimiCush View Post
I would like to reference the bookmark but format it differently, not just the char format, but the date format (such as mm-dd-yy)
Again, switch with that format generates "minute day, year", which is why I said the date switch for the second field should be:
\@ "MM-DD-YY"

Instead of doing that, you've chosen to use:
\@ "mm-dd-yyyy"
Given that your switch tells Word to display minutes instead of months, it's hardly surprising you didn't get the results you expected.
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