>You are right. 01/01/01 would be a problem also. But for the most part my dates will look like this: 01/02/48
>So I know from past experiences that this is a mdy format, but to be on the safe side I need to determine if the 01 is the month or the 02 is the month.
You cannot. 01/02/48 is valid in both formats.
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