DateTimePicker focus behavior question

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I am trying to use a DateTimePicker in a Windows form, and have come across some odd behavior. I have the Format set to "Short", and ShowUpDown set to "True", but otherwise there is nothing special set on the control. My testers have reported to me, and I've confirmed, that if they edit one field, segment, datepart, whatever its called, of a MM/DD/YYYY date, that same field will be highlighted and have the focus any time the focus comes back around to that DateTemePicker control, even on new records (where the Value property has been changed). For example:

1) I originally have the date "2/13/2011";
2) I change that date to "2/12/2011", and Tab out without moving to the "2011" part;
3) Save the record;
4) Add a new record, which resets the Value to "2/13/2011";
5) Tab into the control;
6) The "13" (date) part of the field is highlighted and has focus.

I found here http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/31385087/location-in-datetimepicker.aspx[^] that DateTimePicker does not expose the location of what is highlighted, so that is not something I can programmatically set. This is fine, except that I really want the focus to be on the month part rather than whatever happened to have been edited last.

Any suggestions on how to do this other than by disposing of and reinstantiating the control?