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Converting string to date

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How do I convert a character string to a date format?

For example, I want to convert the string 01/15/2004 to the date 01/15/2004, so I can manipulate it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
 
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use the cdate function like so

cdate("01/15/2004")
 
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Beautiful! Thanks SarkMan!
 
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