Ahh, you're using the old .update method.
Let's see - this should give you thew idea.
<%@enablesessionstate="false"%>
<html>
<head>
<title>QS to Date Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<script runat="server" language="vbscript">
if len(Request.QueryString("testdate"

) > 0 then
dim dt_Date
dim str_Months(11)
str_Months(0) = "Jan"
str_Months(1) = "Feb"
str_Months(2) = "Mar"
str_Months(3) = "Apr"
str_Months(4) = "May"
str_Months(5) = "Jun"
str_Months(6) = "Jul"
str_Months(7) = "Aug"
str_Months(8) = "Sep"
str_Months(9) = "Oct"
str_Months(10) = "Nov"
str_Months(11) = "Dec"
dt_Date = Request.QueryString("testdate"

Response.Write datepart("d", dt_Date) & "-" & str_Months(datepart("m", dt_Date)-1) & "-" & datepart("yyyy", dt_Date)
end if
</script>
</body>
</html>
(there's also the day, month and year f'ns in vbscript) codestorm
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