Question : Quotation marks  and # signs around variable dates and date parts

intYearLoop is the year in integer  in a range of years
strYear is the same value in a string

    dteStartDate = ("#1 / 1 / " & intYearLoop & "#")     and any of about 10 other ways I have tried this all give me an error 13, data type mismatch.  

I need to have the rst contain all values in a given year, which changes with the for/next loop.  

This is used in a for/next loop from 2006 to whatever year it is currently.  (Yes, it is now 2010.)

dtestartdate is set as a date datatype.  It works everywhere else.  

What is wrong here and/or does anyone have the total truth or documentation on these pesky dates!
Susan

Answer : Quotation marks  and # signs around variable dates and date parts

use this

dteStartDate = DateSerial(intYearLoop, 1, 1)