When I put in the syntax as you suggested below:
=+'E:\0412\[hproj.xls]Port'!$AZ$6 & " - " &
TEXT('E:\0412\[hproj.xls]Port'!$BE$6,"mm/dd/yyyy")
I get the result of #VALUE!

The text() goes infront of the connection to the folder path correct?

CLM

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

="this is the due date: " & text(sheet2!a1,"mm/dd/yyyy")



CLM wrote:

I have some notations in a cell and then I have added a link to another
spreadsheets' field that is a date. When I look at the information the date
is given in Julian format. How do I get it to be in mm/dd/yyyy format?
Excel 2000.

Thx,

CLM

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Dave Peterson