Question : using date data in =CONCATENATE formula

one column has date as data.
example:
2/4/2008
In Format cell, the type is *3/14/2001

In a CONCATENATE formulae, I add that as a field to be CONCATENATED, but it is getting converted into
39482

How can i just keep it as 2/4/2008 and not 39482

Thanks

Answer : using date data in =CONCATENATE formula

=CONCATENATE(A1,TEXT(B1,"m/d/yyyy"))

Assuming text is in A! and date is in B1