DataField.Format

Property Format As String

Member of DataField

The Format property returns or specifies the data format for the given data field.

The following VBA example adds a new data field, CreationDate, and sets the date format for it.

Sub Test()

Dim df As DataField

Set df = ActiveDocument.DataFields.Add("CreationDate", DocDefault:=True)

df.Format = "dd/MM/yy"

End Sub