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

You could use an input mask on the text box, too. If you set the mask to ##/##/#### it will always be formatted as you type and you don't need to do any coding other than checking to see if what was entered was a true date.

Which just a few easy lines

txtUserName.SetFocus
If IsDate(txtUserName.text) Then
    Debug.Print Format(CDate(txtUserName.text), "MM/DD/YYYY")
Else
    Debug.Print "Not a real date"
End If