Combing content from two cells gives the wrong format for date

[RodneyW]

In cell E20 I'm using this formula

=I3& " vs "&J3

to try and combine the content from two cells. Cell I3 shows 9/1/23 and cell J3 shows 8/1/23. Both are formatted with m/dd/yy, The goal is to display 9/1/23 vs 8/1/23 but it appears as 45170 vs 45139. No matter how I try and format the content in E20, I can't get it to display as desired.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

 

[kevin9999]

Book1
	E	F	G	H	I	J
3					8/1/23	9/1/23
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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18
19
20	8/1/23 vs. 9/1/23
Sheet2

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
E20	E20	=TEXT(I3,"m/d/y")&" vs. "&TEXT(J3,"m/d/y")

 

[RodneyW]

Yahtzee! That worked perfectly. THANK YIY

 

[Fluff]

In future please mark the post that answers your question, not your post saying it works.
Thanks