How to accept date in particular format

Hello,

I am looking for accepting a date in format mm/dd/yyyy. The initial
screen should show current date in this format, for eg.
10/31/2005.
I am working on ACU COBOL.
The date should be accepted at a particular line and column, say line
4. I have to default it with current date
and allow the user to edit.

I have tried
working-storage section.
01 in-date pic x(10) value " / / ".

procedure division.
move "10/31/2005" to in-date.
accept in-date line 4 prompt.

The problem with above is that neither the date gets defaulted, nor
does it force the user to enter it in proper format. Excuse me if this
is a newbie question. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks for your attention.

PradeepR

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