Formatting MM/DD/YYYY dates in textbox in VBA

Question

I\'m looking for a way to automatically format the date in a VBA text box to a MM/DD/YYYY format, and I want it to format as the user is typing it in. For instance, once the

Answer 1

For a quick solution, I usually do like this.

This approach will allow the user to enter date in any format they like in the textbox, and finally format in mm/dd/yyyy format when he is done editing. So it is quite flexible:

Private Sub TextBox1_Exit(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)
    If TextBox1.Text <> "" Then
        If IsDate(TextBox1.Text) Then
            TextBox1.Text = Format(TextBox1.Text, "mm/dd/yyyy")
        Else
            MsgBox "Please enter a valid date!"
            Cancel = True
        End If
    End If
End Sub

However, I think what Sid developed is a much better approach - a full fledged date picker control.