CCK Date Field as Select List no longer Blank after validation

Thanks for a great module - absolutely essential for several projects. A minor issue to report.

Problem/Motivation

If you do the following:

• Add a Date Field as a Select List to a content type
• Set the Default Value to Blank
• Check the Required box
• Save the content type and then Create

If you leave the date blank and submit, it will properly validate and flag the field, but it will also remove the blank options from the individual date part drop-downs. Now that the blanks are gone, the dropdowns default to the first option. Hit Save again and the now fully populated date field will no longer be validated.

The problem is that if you would like to ensure that the person filling out a form that has lots of fields actually goes through and enters a date, they may just step right over this since it no longer validates.

Thanks in advance!