Date Manipulation/Comparison Access datasource

Hiya,

 I have an Access datasource with a date in it which is pulled into a formview.  I want to compare the date in the formview with todays date.  The date is displayed as "18/01/2009" but when placed into a variable it goes to "01/01/0001".

 My code is:  Label lblExpDate = (Label)fvwRequest.FindControl("txtExpiryDate");
DateTime expDate = DateTime.Parse(lblExpDate.Text);
 I seem to be looking at this for too long now and don't seem to be getting anywhere.  Can anyone help?

 Thank you in advance

 

Andy
...