[AccessD] Closure on the String to Date topic

This thread accomplished exactly my twin goals:

a) to reinvigorate some traffic here, and
b) to invite superior contributions, and
c) to demonstrate to new visitors why this newsgroup is worth visiting and
revisiting on a daily basis.

As I wrote in the first message on this thread, I whipped these functions
up in a total investment of about five minutes, perhaps six. And several of
you have responded with much more intelligent solutions, and Thank You!

This is what this list is all about, and I harken back to our origins.
Further, I hope that a thread such as this one might prove useful and
instructive to newcomers to this list.

In short, thank you all for your revisions and enhancements and
code-condensations. With any luck, a few newbies to our site might visit
this thread and realize how we work together toward the optimal solutions.

I posed an initial problem and potential solution, and then received
several more optimal approaches toward the goal. I am not humiliated by the
more optimal solutions; in fact I am invigorated by them! And I think that
if this group is to survive, this is our path to usefulness and ultimately,
survival.

Thank you all for your contributions and enhancements to my admittedly
primitive code. That's why we gather here!

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