https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/40.aspxFor browser form specific questionsenCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/84315.aspxFri, 09 Nov 2012 15:33:01 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:84315Anson Hidajat0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/84315.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=40&PostID=84315Do you want it to appear like that in InfoPath or in SharePoint?&nbsp; If its InfoPath, you&#39;ll have to use substrings to get the specific format you want if its not one of the out of box formats in the format date properties dialog.&nbsp; If its SharePoint, you could try and use a calculated column but to be honest not sure if that will 100% work for you.&nbsp; Just keep in mind that if you set it one way in InfoPath it doesn&#39;t mean that it will be reflected the same way in SharePoint.&nbsp; You are simply changing how its displayed in the control via InfoPath.&nbsp; The field data itself isn&#39;t being changed, so that means it won&#39;t get reflected in SharePoint.&nbsp; Hope this helps,https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/84284.aspxThu, 08 Nov 2012 18:55:17 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:84284cnorris1350https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/84284.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=40&PostID=84284<p>been struggling with this one.....&nbsp; i am trying to get a date field in my form to format to <strong>dd/mmm/yyyy</strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the closes i&nbsp;can get is&nbsp;dd-mmm-yy&nbsp;.&nbsp;&nbsp; my problem is that even when i select that, it is like infopath ignores it and wants to put it in the format infopath wants......&nbsp;&nbsp; is there a substring formula i can use to fix this?&nbsp;&nbsp; this is driving me crazy......</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>