Changing the format of the cell doesn't change its value, but only the
method in which the value is displayed.
52309 is 52309 days from 0 Jan 1900, so is 19 March 2043.
If you want to change the number into a date, try =--TEXT(A20,"00\/00\/00")
and format the result as a date. That will work, providing that your
windows regional options use the same convention as you have used for short
date, which looks like m/dd/yy in your case.
--
David Biddulph


"Kbass" wrote in message
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I would like to know how to turn a number such as "51319" into a date such
as
"5/13/19". As of now, when I try to format the cell to a date format, it
completely changes the date from "52309" to a random date such as
"7/11/35".
I have no idea why. Any ideas?