Comparing Date Values

I need  some help. I have a form that has a hidden value (ex: 6-January-2004). I submit the value to the next web page that adds to the database. It is not comparing right. Remember that the hiddenDate is something like 6-January-2004. The eventdate field in the db is something like 1/6/2004 or Tuesday, January 6, 2004.

'Check to see if the database already has this date

If HiddenDate = rs("EventDate") Then

Can someone please tell me how to make the hiddenDate value compare to the db field correctly? I cannot seem to get it working.

Another idea might be do use CDate() to force it into the same format.

If CDate(HiddenDate) = rs("EventDate") Then..

This is assuming the field is set to a date and not a string in the db.

note;Hiddendate must be a valid date or the cast will fail.