What’s the correct way to store a date??

I’m using a

Then i’m storing the date…
strIBUSKEY = “‘” & Trim(Request.QueryString(“ibuskey”)) & “‘, ”

When i attempt to write the above string into a record’s date-field i get an error that i’m trying to write a string of text into a date-field.
Now, i’m new to VBScript (which is what i’m using to write my ASP’s). So, obviously, i’m storing the date in an inappropriate variable type.

How should i be storing this date info?
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