I am sure I have got this totally wrong, but it was'nt a bad try for an absolute beginner.
What I want to do is, dependant on the date, either write or omit some text. This is based on the school calendar for the school that I work for. The code I have written is below and is probably totally wrong:
<%
    Dim DatTerm
    DatTerm = #21/12/2006#
        If DatTerm < Now() Then
        Response.Write "<span style='font-size:18px; font-weight:bold'>AUTUMN TERM&nbsp;&nbsp;Monday 4^th September - Wednesday 20^th December 2006</span><br><strong>Half Term : Monday 23^rd October - Friday 27^th October 2006</strong>"
        Else
        Response.Write ""
        End If
%>

How wrong is this? Should I just give up and go back to HTML?

Thanks for any help

Some comments

>wrap you date in double quotes not hashes
>Suggest you use a .css file and place classes in your code - global styles, very useful!!!
>SUP tag - Since this tag is new, support for it is not universal. Make sure that the text would still look readable if the SUP tag weren't used.
>STRONG - Im not sure this should be used, I would use a <b> instead
>Is there any need for the else condition?
>forgive me if you are however I would be using tables.

You say 'how wrong is it' - there are many ways to skin a cat. Look at your code using different browsers and versions, if it looks the same, great. If not then the code needs to be looked at

Wind is your friend
Matt

Thanks mat41
It suddenly clicked why the code wasn't working - I had the date format wrong - I was using dd/mm/yyyy instead of mm/dd/yyyy.

Thanks again