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I have a 2010 InfoPath form with 2 controls. I have a dropdown control called Colors with values Red, Yellow and Green. Lastly I have TextBox control called TaskComplete below:

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I then created an Action for my Colors control. The condition is if Colors = Red then set the value in TaskComplete to Today’s date below:

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However, when I set the colors to Red, it returns the date as yyyy-mm-dd shown below:

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How can I have Today’s date return in mm-dd-yyyy format?

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  • Thank you. saved me time this morning looking for this very answer on how to format a date field that has a formula using now() instead of today(). YAY
    – Joan
    Commented Jul 6, 2017 at 11:39
  • As Aspire27 said, use now(). That's pretty idiotic, Microsoft. I had tried having my Date field look at the other pull-down field for when it changed. That didn't work. I had told the date field to format as YYYY-MM-DD (which is how it appeared in the date text box and was acceptable when hand-typed). No go.
    – Randall
    Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 10:57

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When you set the field type, did you format that date block as the appropriate setting?

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  • You're wanting me to change my 'Data type' in Properties of my TextBox to Date? Reason I ask because, as is, the Format button is grayed out. However, if I change it to Date I can change the Format.
    – Nina G
    Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 15:25
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    The easiest way is to change the field from text to date and then add whatever function you need.
    – Flat Banana
    Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 15:31
  • I opened the properties of my TextBox and set the Data type to 'Date'. I then click on Format and choose the format as mm/dd/yyyy. I then test and when I change the Colors to Red, the TextBox border goes red dashes and the error states 'Only date or date time allowed'.
    – Nina G
    Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 15:31
  • You may have to go back and review the rule that you placed and or update the rule to show the new "date field".
    – Flat Banana
    Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 15:33
  • The rule is pretty simple. If Color = Red set TaskComplete to Today(). No error in that rule. It has to be done another way maybe in Properties but no clue as to how else I can format.
    – Nina G
    Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 15:35
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I changed the Data type to Date and reformatted the rule to use now() instead of Today(). That returned the date as mm-dd-yyyy format.

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As said...use now() function.

Infopath suggest you use it for SharePoint list columns when today() is selected.

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