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>>lcDate='04/07/2008 1054AC PRESIDENTE EPITACIO - PRESIDENTE EPITACIO/SPConferi'
>>?Date(Val(substr(lcDate,7,4)),Val(left(lcDate,2)),Val(Substr(lcDate,4,2)))

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>I also prefer DATE function when I should convert something to date but if you have something wrong in that sting you will get error, with CTOD() you will get en empty date.

That's a good point. On the other hand, your code is independent of the Set Date format. Maybe a combination of Try-Endtry and Date() would be best?