Actually statements like A3>="10/1/2013" also work

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But, in this case, only on a PC whose regional settings use the MM/DD/YYYY format! Move to a PC using DD/MM/YYYY settings and you'll get 'interesting' results. The DATE function is impervious to such subtleties...

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