How do I compare later/earlier dates in a mail merge IF field?

I'm trying to create an IF field in a mail merge to display one of two
paragraphs depending on whether the Date of Birth field in a record is after
a certain time. I've tried using:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD Date_Of_Birth } 01/07/1976 "Text1" "Text2" }

(The date format above is UK, i.e. dd/MM/yyyy)

....but Word always seems to treat the date as a number, and so any date
later than the first of a month counts as a positive, irrespective of month
or year.

Use

{ IF { MERGEFIELD Date_Of_Birth \@ "yyyyMMdd" } 19760701 "Text1" "Text2" }

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I'm trying to create an IF field in a mail merge to display one of two
paragraphs depending on whether the Date of Birth field in a record is
after
a certain time. I've tried using:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD Date_Of_Birth } 01/07/1976 "Text1" "Text2" }

(The date format above is UK, i.e. dd/MM/yyyy)

...but Word always seems to treat the date as a number, and so any date
later than the first of a month counts as a positive, irrespective of
month
or year.