Use a CreateDate field in your template instead of a Date field.

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"snowman" wrote in message
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or prior documents with checking eas document individually. e.g. I would
like
to eliminate the field update for dates for all future document even if i
utilized on templates or inm prior documents.

Thanks,
Jeff Frost