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Old 08-13-2012
if the file is in the below format
Code:
1234|test|8/19/2009||test
1234|test|8/9/09|8/21/2009|test
1234|test|8/1/86||test
1234|test||8/1/09|test

output..
Code:
1234|test|08/19/2009||test
1234|test|08/09/2009|08/21/2009|test
1234|test|08/01/1986||test
1234|test||08/01/2009|test

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