step 1 create integer field for date here in our form "dod_mom_nep" and it accepts yyyymmdd like 20710101 ************************************************* step 2 create hidden valu for englishdate here in our form "mom_dod_eng" date(date(/data/engmthmomdod) + /data/dod_mom_nep - (/data/nepmthmondod *100) - 1) **************************************** step 3 create another hidden value here in our form "nepmthmondod" int(/data/dod_mom_nep div 100) *********************************** step 4 create another hidden value here in our form "engmthmomdod" if(/data/nepmthmondod != "", instance('Months207n')/root/item[nepalimonth=/data/nepmthmondod]/englishdate01, "")