Steve,

Thanks for the suggestion, but this is a Windows form. Aren't Template Columns only for Web Forms?

...Jim


>If you convert your column to a Template Column, you can replace the controls within it with whatever you need. If you need details on how to do this, let me know.
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>Once you have the control(s) that you need in the column template(s), you can set the format string to display the data the way you need it. I don't know exactly what the format string should be in your particular case, but if you search the help files for "format strings", you should find what you need (or someone else here may already know). You can also define custom format providers if none of the default ones give you what you need.