Compare two dates

[Bill Vlahos]

If I put the following in the message box the result is false as it  
should be:
put  "10/12/2008"<"10/04/2008"

However, if I put this in the message box the result is true which is  
wrong because of not having the leading 0:
put  "10/12/2008"<"10/4/2008"

Is there a simple command to compare the two items as dates or do I  
have to convert them to something like seconds with extra code?

Bill Vlahos