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//in form load this.gridControl1.ColWidths[2] = 120; GridStyleInfo style = this.gridControl1[2,2]; style.BackColor = Color.LightBlue; style.CellValue = DateTime.Now; style.CellValueType = typeof(DateTime); style.Format = "g"; private void gridControl1_CurrentCellValidating(object sender, CancelEventArgs e) { GridCurrentCell cc = this.gridControl1.CurrentCell; GridStyleInfo style = this.gridControl1[cc.RowIndex, cc.ColIndex]; if(style.Format.Length > 0 && style.CellValueType == typeof(DateTime)) { string val = cc.Renderer.ControlText; try { DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(val); //takes almost anything val = dt.ToString(style.Format); //force it to the desired format cc.Renderer.Control.Text = val; //set it into the control } catch {} //empty catch } }With respect to your first question, our upcoming 1.6 release has two new events designed to handle exactly this task, QueryCellFormattedText and SaveCellFormattedText. 1.6 goes into beta this week.