Yes, you would use the format function when you wanted to show the date as a
string.
eg.

Sub test()
Dim dtmTemp As Date

dtmTemp = Now()

MsgBox dtmTemp 'automatically formats as defined by regional settings

MsgBox Format(dtmTemp, "dd-Mmm-yyyy HH:mm")
End Sub




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Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel


"ExcelMonkey " wrote in message
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If I want to format it do I use a format function or a format method on
the vba variable?


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