>Dmitry,
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>You need to use the Format and Parse methods. See message #670154 for an explanation. The example is how to format for currency. For dates you would use the ToString("d") instead.
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>>What do you do to present a data field in a textbox?
>>I don't see a "native" way to display it as "mm/dd/yyyy".
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>>So do you just let the user type the date (maybe indicating with the label that the expected format is 'mm/dd/yyyy'?
>>And then validate the date entry?

Adding to Cathi's answer, yes, you let the user type the date and then validate the date entry.