Do it this way:

=IF('[PROPOSAL LOG.xls]Tracking Log'!$G71="","",'[PROPOSAL LOG.xls]
Tracking Log'!$G71)

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Feb 11, 4:42*pm, excelinSD
wrote:
I have linked 2 workbooks and one of the columns liked is a date format. *How
do I get the linked work book to return a blank if there is not a date typed
into the master workbook.
My formula is below:
='[PROPOSAL LOG.xls]Tracking Log'!$G71
What it gives for blanks:
01/00/00