Thanks. One problem with date is that on my system the date is in dd/mm/yy, when I write the code the date in hash automatically changes to mm/dd/yyyy.
If Format(DATE, "dd/mm/yyyy") = #12/23/2019# Then
MsgBox " HAPPY NEW YEAR ", vbExclamation, "Greetings:"
End If
Hence even on 24/12/2019 it is...