Binding DateField selectedDate

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I have all the data loading just fine. The only problem is, the DateField does not show a selected date. If I put in an explicit number in the Date constuctor, it works. If I assign the selectedDate after a change event for the combobox it works. However, binding it isnt working. Any ideas?

<mx:Canvas id="Articles1" name="Articles1" label="Edit Article" width="100%" height="100%">
			<mx:ComboBox  dataProvider="{rowsXML.row}" labelField="@tagline" x="72" y="44" width="270" id="editArticleSelectionData"/>
			<mx:Label x="10" y="10" text="Edit an Article" id="editArticleTitle" styleName="h1"/>
			<mx:Label x="10" y="93" text="Tagline: " id="editArticleTaglineLabel" styleName="formLabel" width="54"/>
			<mx:Label x="10" y="46" text="Article:" id="editArticleSelectionLabel" styleName="formLabel" width="54"/>
			<mx:Label x="289" y="93" text="Date:" id="editArticleDateLabel" styleName="formLabel" enabled="true"/>
			<mx:TextInput id="editArticleTaglineData" x="72" y="91" maxChars="255" text="{editArticleSelectionData.selectedItem.@tagline}"/>
			<mx:RichTextEditor x="10" y="121" title="Content:" width="780" height="648" id="editArticleContentData" htmlText="{editArticleSelectionData.selectedItem.@content}">
			</mx:RichTextEditor>
			<mx:DateField x="334" y="91" id="editArticleDateData" selectedDate="{new Date(editArticleSelectionData.selectedItem.@date)}">
			</mx:DateField>
			<mx:Button x="725" y="91" label="Cancel" id="cancelEditArticle"/>
			<mx:Button x="663" y="91" label="Save" id="saveEditArticle"/>
		</mx:Canvas>