# FormFieldDateFormats Property

> Returns the format picture strings available for a date form field as a TAB-separated string; they depend on the locale of the field's text. Read only.

- **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Property
- **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > API Reference > TXTextControl > FormFieldDateFormats Property
- **212 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/formfielddateformats-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/formfielddateformats-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/formfielddateformats-property/llms-full.txt

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This property returns format picture strings which can be used to format the date. The returned format strings depend on the locale set for the date field's text. A TextControl uses Day, Month, and Year Format Picture strings to format a date. The returned string contains a sequence of strings, separated through TAB (9) characters.

Introduced: 28.0.

### Syntax

```vbscript
TXTextControl.FormFieldDateFormats(FieldId)
```

### Parameters

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| FieldId | Specifies the field identifier of the date formfield. |

### Data Types

| Name | Data type |
|---|---|
| FieldId | Integer |
| Property value | String |

### Limitations

Read only, run time only.

### See Also

- [FormDateFieldInsert Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/formdatefieldinsert-method/llms-full.txt)
- [Programming Category: Form Fields](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/form-fields/llms-full.txt)

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