Short date to Text/General conversion issues

Afro_Cookie

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Office Version
  1. 365
Platform
  1. Windows
I want to concatenate 2 columns so that text appears after a date and the date formatting does not change. When I do, the new column converts that date to text and generates a new text "44224-text".

Is there a way to display the "date-text" while maintaining the date formatting?

example:
Column A : 5/19/21
Column B: "-test"
Current Column C outcome: 44335-test
Desired Column C outcome: 5/19/21-test
 

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What is the shortcut key for Format Selection?
Ctrl+1 (the number one) will open the Format dialog for whatever is selected.
You're welcome & thanks for the feedback.
 
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