Date Manipulationan Someone Help - PLEASE ???

[Quoted] Hi there,

        First off, Happy New Year.

[Quoted]         Now to the problem at hand, I have an input form written in  
        FORMS 4.5, with a date entry field, I want the user to be able 
        to enter the date in any format, but to store it and display it 
        in DD-MMM-YYYY format.

        Yes, it's probably very simple but I've only just finished  
        celebrating and I can't quite get my head round it at the
        moment.

        Any help will be greatly appreciated and warmly received, get 
        again - HAPPY NEW YEAR - Hope to here from someone soon.

        Please reply to CHRIS_at_bccomp.demon.co.uk as I don't get to check
        the Newsgroups every day, Thanks a Lot...
        

T.T.F.N

        
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