concatenate with dates

[vlady]

hello

have some difficulties displaying text with dates

in A1 i have a date of 10/10/2011
in B1

="the date is " & A1

this is the result:

the date today is 40826

suppose to be :

the result is 10/10/2011

thanks in advance.

[bebo021999]

Try this:
="the result is "&TEXT(A1,"mm/dd/yyyy")

[vlady]

thanks for the quick reply.