private static String makeBirthday(Vector thisLine) {
		// insert a 0 if necessary for MONTH and DAY (YEAR is always 4 digits)
		String BDay = new String();

		if (thisLine.get(8).toString().length() == 2) // BIRTH(MONTH)
		{
			BDay += thisLine.get(8).toString();
			BDay += "/";
		}

		else {
			BDay += "0"; // add a '0' b/c month is 1 digit
			BDay += thisLine.get(8).toString();
			BDay += "/";
		}

		if (thisLine.get(9).toString().length() == 2) // BIRTH(DAY)
		{
			BDay += thisLine.get(9).toString();
			BDay += "/";
		}

		else {
			BDay += "0"; // add a zero b/c day is 1 digit
			BDay += thisLine.get(9).toString();
			BDay += "/";
		}

		BDay += thisLine.get(10);

		return BDay;
	}