Mail merge issue birth date

Hello,

I created a database in Excel with different information, including a "Date of Birth" field. When I am in my Word file and creating a mail merge based on this database, the date is in English format, meaning the order of the numbers is reversed. I went to forums to try to find a solution, and the most common one I came across was modifying the field by adding " \@"dd/MM/yyyy" ". The only result I get is that it shows the current date, indeed in French format, but that is not what I'm looking for.

Does anyone have a solution??

Thanks in advance!!

Maxime