Combine dates from two different cells into one cell

[geiad]

Hi, I’m trying to combine dates (‘start date” and “end date”) from two different cells into one cell e.g.

Combine – cell, D7: 27/01/2014 and cell, E7: 13/12/2014 into one cell like, “20/01/2014 - 13/12/2014”
I’ve tried; =D7&" - "&E7 and it gives me: “41659 – 41986”

Can you tell me what I’m doing wrong?

[alansidman]

Try this: =TEXT(D7,"mm/dd/yyyy")&"-"&TEXT(E7,"mm/dd/yyyy"). Note that I used the US Date convention. Change it to what ever convention you wish.

[mako_cc]

Try this:

=TEXT(D7,"mm/dd/yyyy")&" - "&TEXT(E7,"mm/dd/yyyy")

Hope this helps,
Chad

EDIT: ahh, missed it by that much...

[geiad]

Thanks guys, much appreciated!

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