form field sizes for custom formated data

I am working on a screen that displays a date.  If I do not specify a format
then I see this result:  Order Date: [03/09/2021 ]

If I change the format to "yyyy-mm-dd" then I get this form compile error:

|________________________________________^
| Error at line 58, character 42
| FORMAT string is not the same size as the field (f003)

If I shorten the f003 field by one character then it compiles. [2021-03-09]


However, the reformatted date takes exactly the same display space as the
default.  Why is putting a date display smaller than the display field
considered an error?

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