Datefield not editable

I'm using J2ME polish 2.1.2 and trying to add a net.rim.device.api.ui.component.DateField from Blackberry to a tableItem. It displays correctly, but even after setting it to editable, I can't change anything on it. Has anyone else had this experience?

this = tableItem

 tfInput = new DateField(_meta.Title, System.currentTimeMillis(), mode);
 //#style textInputCell
    this.set(0, 0, tfInput);      
    this.setSelectionMode(TableItem.SELECTION_MODE_CELL);

EDIT: The reason for doing this is because of issues with the Datefield.TIME inputmode on Blackberry if you use J2ME polish's DateField.

Workaround for the problem was to extend J2ME Polish's DateField and intercept when setting mode to TIME as follows :

public class MyDateField extends DateField{

    public MyDateField (String title, int mode){
        super(title, mode);
        // Blackberry has bug in time mode, so going for date time instead and formatting date
        if (mode == DateField.TIME){
            super.setInputMode(DateField.DATE_TIME);
            super.setDateFormatPattern("HH:mm");
        }
    }
}

Now you can effectively use DATE_TIME as TIME.