>Hello,
>
>A client wants to be able to enter date as:
>12 Apr 2003
>
>Is there a way to do this easily, or do I need to make a class and write a procedure in the valid to validate the data entry?
>
>Thanks for any help.

Maybe introduce your client to the date time picker control. Some of my clients have been very happy with it instead of typing in a date.

Einar