[AccessD] Date Issue

I am linked to a table of data from our AS400/DB2 system and a date
field appears as 20050105.  I need Access to read this as a date - what
is the best way to handle/convert this field.  I've tried breaking it
apart and putting it back together in a query as 01-05-2005 but Access
does not recognize as a date field.  I want to query out data based on a
date - please advise.
 
Thanks for your help.
 
Terri Jarus
Vice President, Contract Services
jarus at amerinet-gpo.com
314-542-1902

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