Adding events to iCal from FileMaker

I’m am able to create an event in iCal by using FileMakers Perform Applescript scripting command and the Native Applescript option. The script passes data from FileMaker records and fields correctly but for the life of me I can’t figure out the date. Set now to (current date) does just that but using set now to cell “DateDue” returns: iCal got an error: Can’t make “9/24/2014” into type date. How can I pass a date from a date field in FileMaker to the correct date in iCal?

tell application “FileMaker Pro Advanced”
tell current record
–set now to cell “DateDue”
set now to (current date)
set eStart to now
set eEnd to now
set eName to cell “summary”
set alarmTime to 0 – alarm at the exact moment of the event
end tell
end tell

tell application “iCal”
set newEvent to make new event at end of events of calendar “home” with properties {summary:eName, start date:eStart, end date:eEnd}
make new display alarm at end of display alarms of newEvent with properties {trigger interval:alarmTime}
end tell

Model: MacBook
AppleScript: 2.3
Browser: Safari 534.59.10
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.6)

The date needs to be converted from the way it is stored in Filemaker to that useable by Applescript and iCal. See the article http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=24737

Hope this helps!