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Default Date variables and empty cells?

I'm working on a program that works with a lot of dates. I found that if I
set a date variable equal to a cell that might contain a date or might be
empty, if the cell is empty, it returns "12:00:00 AM" which I assume to be
midnight, Jan. 1, 1900, which is more difficult to test for than a blank
cell. So it seems to me that it would be better to use a variant type
variable here instead of a date variable since I have to test for blank
cells. The variant returns "empty" for blank cells, and dates for cells
with dates in them. Am I on the right track, or headed off on a spur?

If I do use the variants, how do I test for "Empty"? Is it just "If rRange
= "empty", or do I need to use something else? Will testing for "" work for
this? Basically, I have several tests where if the cell is blank, do
something, if it has a date in it, do something else.

Any thoughts any of you experts has on working with dates and blank cells
will be greatly appreciated.
 
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