date format validation

[henk]

Hi,

I want to validate/"autocomple " a string from a textbox.
The string could be eg:
"1 2 3"
"01-02-2003"
"1-feb-2003"
etc.

I found one solution for this:
TextBox1.Text = Format(CDate(Te xtBox2.Text), "dd-MMM-yyyy").ToString

form load:
Thread.CurrentT hread.CurrentCu lture = New CultureInfo("nl-NL", False)

This results in :"01-feb-2003" wich is what I want.

Without the cultureInfo the date would be: "02-Jan-2003".

question is:
-is this the only possible solution?
-Do I need to reset the cultureinfo back to the original value, to
prevent other effects as eg decimalseparato rs.

Thanks in advance