A formula is like text return a value like a formula

=indirect(concatenate(a1,b1))


A sample sheet would help here

The forum does allow for spreadsheets to be uploaded direct to the forum -

Please see the Yellow Banner at the top of the page explaining how to attach a sample spreadsheet

A good sample workbook has just 10-20 rows of representative data that has been desensitised. It also has expected results mocked up, relevant cells highlighted and a few explanatory notes.

Here are the instructions, found at the top of the page again

Post a small Excel sheet (not a picture) showing realistic & representative sample data WITHOUT confidential information (10-20 rows, not thousands...) and some manually calculated results. For a new thread (1st post), scroll to Manage Attachments, otherwise scroll down to GO ADVANCED, click, and then scroll down to MANAGE ATTACHMENTS and click again. Now follow the instructions at the top of that screen.

you are welcome

just beware indirect() is volatile - so everytime you do something on the sheet - it will recalculate the indirect and on large spreadsheets - that can slow the thing down a lot

whats in A1 and B1

a sample sheet maybe useful here as mentioned

you are converting to text - in a format of date
the contents of A1 and B1 , concatenated

but as i'm not sure what your data is , that is input to the concatenate - NOR what you are trying to output

make sure you also include the expected results