Im trying to write a script that will create a folder where the name of the folder is dd-MM-yy I have created a gui with a date picker and created a function that formats the date correctly my question is even though the date picker is called $dateBox and the formatting is applied to $date when i click the run button the date in the date picker changes from long format like 8th August 2007 to 08-08-07 i want to keep displaying long format in the date picker ($dateBox) & have the