Convert String Date

when performing a search the date is being returned already formatted as mm/dd/yyyy. The problem I'm having is when I sort it is sorting numerically by month first, I need it to sort chornologically (sp?). I believe if there is a way to format the string mm/dd/yyyy to mmddyyyy then perform the Date sorting steps this will solve my problem. Can anyone help?

You should assign date format for the correct sorting -

http://www.activewidgets.com/aw.ui.grid/cell-format.html