Is there a way to check if a column is a Date in R?

This is a pseudo followup to this question: Why is ggplot graphing null percentage data points?

Let's say this is my dataset:

Date        AE      AA      AEF     Percent
1/1/2012    1211    1000    3556    0.03
1/2/2012    100     2000    3221    0.43
1/3/2012    3423    10000   2343    0.54
1/4/2012    10000   3000    332     0.43
1/5/2012    2342    500     4435    0.43
1/6/2012    2342    800     2342    0.23
1/7/2012    2342    1500    1231    0.12
1/8/2012    111     2300    333 
1/9/2012    1231    1313    3433    
1/10/2012   3453    5654    222 
1/11/2012   3453    3453    454 
1/12/2012   5654    7685    3452 

> str(data)
'data.frame':   12 obs. of  5 variables:
 $ Date   : Factor w/ 12 levels "10/11/2012","10/12/2012",..: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
 $ AE     : int  1211 100 3423 10000 2342 2342 2342 111 1231 3453 ...
 $ AA     : int  1000 2000 10000 3000 500 800 1500 2300 1313 5654 ...
 $ AEF    : int  3556 3221 2343 332 4435 2342 1231 333 3433 222 ...
 $ Percent: num  0.03 0.43 0.54 0.43 0.43 0.23 0.12 NA NA NA ...

I need something to tell that the 'Date' column is a Date type as opposed to a numeric or character type (this is because I have to convert the 'Date' column of the data input into an actual Date with as.Date(), ASSSUMING that I do not know the column names of the data set).

is.numeric(data[[1]]) returns False
is.character(data[[1]]) returns False

I made the 'Date' column in Excel, formatting the column in the 'Date' format, then saved the file as a csv. What type is this in R? I seek an expression similar to the above that returns TRUE.