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>>Convert to date. Look at functions TTOD() and DTOT()
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>OK, stupid question time..... If you have a database in the dataenvironment of
>a form, the field has datetime as the datatype, and you drag and drop the field
>on to the form... how can you convert to a date? I used to understand this
>when we used memvars, now...?

You might want to unbind the control, so that the .ControlSource is blank. Then, in the txtDate.Refresh(), you can set This.Value = TTOD(myTable.tEvent), and the LostFocus can contain a REPLACE statement to go the other way.