why would code such as this cause an error?
sub test()
dim maturitydate as date
maturitydate=cells(1,1)
end sub

cells(1,1), in this particular case, is empty, or so it seems. the
spreadsheet formula in cells(1,1) is: =""
when cells(1,1) is 6/30/06 it runs fine.
when formula has ="" i expect code to return 'empty', but it stops for some
reason. thx