How to convert a date to a string in Google Sheet

Question

I am trying to figure out how to convert a date into a string in a google sheet.

I have one date field that has varying formats. I want create another column that\'s lit

Answer 1

Use the TEXTJOIN function. Give an empty delimiter, TRUE for the ignore empty, the referenced cell as text1, and don't supply anything for text2.

=TEXTJOIN("",TRUE,A1)

Done.