Date format in smart form

How can we change the date format in a smart form.

define a var of type string in global
1)get the req date use edit mask function to modify it
2)convert tthe date as u wanted in program lines in smart form
3)assign the same to the string variable & then u can display the same
i hope this works
close the thred if problem is solved

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