Given that Notes/Domino 7 is on the near horizon I thought it is worth
mentioning that *shared columns* are a new feature and will resolve the change
every view issue you described above.
You may not get the perfect format but it is easier than changing every view or
writing a value to the document.
As we are not currently in an envrionment where this is possible I use the same
method as you do. And as you said you get more control over the format of the
date field that is displayed.
Given that Notes/Domino 7 is on the near horizon I thought it is worth mentioning that *shared columns* are a new feature and will resolve the change every view issue you described above.
You may not get the perfect format but it is easier than changing every view or writing a value to the document.
As we are not currently in an envrionment where this is possible I use the same method as you do. And as you said you get more control over the format of the date field that is displayed.