=$C$1&": "&TEXT(C2,"mm dd yyyy") etc.

The "mm dd yyyy" is whatever choice you want for display.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:38:02 -0700, H8Workn
wrote:

I want to join 3 separate date fields into one cell. Problem is it converts
the date to a serial number. How can I keep the date as a date and not as a
seriel number.

Example: 50: 16-Nov, 110: Sep-17, 180: 9-Jul

Formula: =$C$1&": "&C2&", "&$D$1&": "&D2&", "&$E$1&": "&E2
Result: 50: 39768, 110: 39708, 180: 39638