> In short, if I format my date in the format "mm/dd/yyyy", how
> would I insert this date into a table, making sure the date is
> correctly interpreted by the database?

Simply pass it as a date, not a string. E.g.

Something.FieldByName('YourDateField').AsDateTime:=StringToDate(...);

HTH,
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