EasyLanguage date format

["Schedlbauer, Joseph E." <JoeS@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wrote an external program because I could not code a certain system in
EasyLanguage, and I have the program output a file similar to the line
below. I then paste the file into the PowerEditor so TradeStation can show
me the entries as a system.

IF CURRENTDATE = 20011212 THEN BUY NEXT BAR AT 55.00 STOP ;

Could someone please tell me why this piece of code does not work?  It will
verify, but it does not generate a trade entry.  I'm using TS4.  I think
it's a problem with the date format.

It's for use with ASCII daily data formatted as follows:

20011212,54.00,56.00,52.00,53.00,10000,10000


Thanks for your help.