problem formatting dates from text fields.

[krishnakant Mane]

On 04/12/06, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 	You don't show us what format is used in the database, so there is
> nothing to base a conversion on. Is it year/month/day, month/day/year;
> months numeric or alpha (abbreviated or spelled out). Fields separated
> by space, comma, -, :, or /
>

the format in the text field is dd/mm/yyyy which is perfect for what I need.
but the problem as I said is to get this text into a value that can
fit into a date time picker.
can this be done?
Krishnakant.