rich:calendar default month and year not submitting

[asookazian]

We have a use case using this component: http://relation.to/Bloggers/RichFacesCalendarForMonthsSelection

Here is our code:

<rich:calendar id="start_date"
                    datePattern="MM/yyyy"
                    inputClass="dateField"
                    value="#{statementMessageAssignmentEditor.startDate}"
                    required="true"
                    enableManualInput="true"
                    showFooter="false"
                    showWeekDaysBar="false"
                    styleClass="rich-calendar-month-year-only"
                    oncurrentdateselected="event.rich.component.selectDate(event.rich.date)" />

It works in all cases except if user selects, for example, Jan 2010.  When I click ok button after calendar pops up for the current default (Jan 2010), it does not populate the field with the value.  Will it work for the default selection when I click ok or not?

This is because oncurrentdateselected is defined as follows:

The client-side script method to be called after the current month or year is changed.

Is there a way around this?  Or is this a limitation of the component?  We are using RF 3.3.1.GA.

[asookazian]

Also, the control does not close after I make a selection.  I must click the 'x' or click outside of control.  Why?