CompareValidator Control To Accept Date In Format Month / Day / Year

I have the following template defined within DetailsView ( DetailsView is bound to object data source ):

<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtReleaseDate" runat="server"
Text='<%# Bind("ReleaseDate", "{0:d}") %>'>
</asp:TextBox>
<asp:CompareValidator ID="valReleaseDateType" runat="server"
ControlToValidate="txtReleaseDate" Type="Date" Operator="DataTypeCheck"
Display="Dynamic" > *
</asp:CompareValidator>
</EditItemTemplate>

Assuming I enter into TextBox txtReleaseDate a date in format month/day/year, then upon clicking an Update or Insert button, a CompareValidator control complains that date format is not valid. But if I enter date in format day/month/year, then object data source throws an exception Cannot convert value of parameter 'releaseDate' from 'System.String' to 'System.DateTime', while CompareValidator doesn't complain. I need the two controls to accept the same date format, so:

a) Since my DB stores date in format day/month/year, the best option would be for ODS to also accept this as valid date format. Can ODS be configured that way?

b)Can CompareValidator be configured to also accept month/day/year format?