Date string comparison

I have a text file which has a date when a test was completed with the following format: 3/15/2004. If given a range of dates say 2/4/2004 - 5/6/2004, how do you compare the date string in the file to determine if it is in the date range given?
Thanks

Another option would be to convert the date to LV time format which you can compare immediately. Basically, you convert the different parts to numbers and then use a combination of string and time functions to convert. You can see an example for part of this here.
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