https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/41.aspxIf you're not sure where to ask your question, ask it here. If necessary, our moderators will make sure it gets classified in the correct board.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/100125.aspxTue, 18 Nov 2014 18:32:30 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:100125mork480https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/100125.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&PostID=100125<p>&nbsp;Would you please tell a novice how the InfoPath 2013 control is formatted using substring ang string-length functions to facilitate a user filling out a form to be able to enter the date as 11182014 and have it displayed as 11/18/2014?</p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/100082.aspxMon, 17 Nov 2014 08:04:39 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:100082Patrick Halstead0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/100082.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&PostID=100082<p>Hi TPLee and thanks for posting,</p><p>You will want to use two functions: subtring ang string-length. It&#39;s surprisingly easy. Let us know if you can&#39;t figure it out. Just email Support (at) Qdabra (dot) com. </p><p>Cheers,</p><p>P&nbsp;</p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/100052.aspxThu, 13 Nov 2014 21:44:06 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:100052tplee0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/100052.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&PostID=100052Hi, <p>Can someone tell me how I would translate this date string 20140901 into a date format like 09-01-2014. <p>Thanks