and it was that simple! thanks very much Tom - really appreciated!
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JB


"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Don't link the checkbox to the cell. Load the checkbox with code.

always convert a string date with Cdate - it will pay attention to your
local settings.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy



"johnboy" wrote:

I have a textbox on a userform which reads a date from a cell in spreadsheet.
Problem I am getting is each time I open the form the format of the date
changes in both the the textbox and cell. ie if cell is format dd/mm/yyyy the
Textbox shows mm/dd/yyyy. When I open the form again, it is the oposite of
the first result?
I have tried using Format eg Textbox1.Text = Format(Cells(1,2).value,
"dd/mm/yyyy") but the date still shows different format for Textbox & Cell!
Can anyone explain why this should happen & how I show to the Texbox the
cell value & format without changing it please??

Many thanks
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JB