Number to date conversion

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drluke

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In A1 I have 43244 Software Application. I want it to be 24/05/18 Software Application.

I thought combining TEXT and LEFT would work but it doesn't.
 

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Here is another formula that will also work...

=REPLACE(A1,1,5,TEXT(LEFT(A1,5),"dd/mm/yy"))
 
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