referencing date from another spreadsheet changes format

[95marine]

I am referencing the date in long format from sheet Information and placing in a formula under sheet Contract.
=("The scope of work will begin on " & Information!C3)

The date is August 30, 2017 on the Information sheet and is returning as 42977 on the Contract sheet.

How do I fix this?

[davsth]

you need to use the text function

="the scope of the work will begin on " & text(Information!C3, "mmmm dd, yyyy")

[95marine]

Perfect! Thank you!