ASP.NET MVC3 - DateTime format

I'm using ASP.NET MVC 3.
My ViewModel looks like this:

public class Foo
{
    [DataType(DataType.Date)]
    [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:dd.MM.yyyy}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
    public DateTime StartDate { get; set; }
    ...
}

In view, I have something like this:

<div class="editor-field">
    @Html.EditorFor(model => model.StartDate)
    <br />
    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.StartDate)
</div>

StartDate is displayed in correct format, but when I change it's value to 19.11.2011 and submit the form, I get the following error message: "The value '19.11.2011' is not valid for StartDate."

Any help would be greatly appreciated!