completing statements in Excel

I have built an excel sheet that creates commands that I need to run in my software to make updates. I have cells 1 that contain information (column b) that is updated according to the job.

           A               B

1   Name          John Smith

2   Address       123 Main St

3   City              Anytown, Tx

4   Date            12/15/2016

With B4 coded as =today() so that it will reflect the current date.

I have my commands that utilize the information that is input above and incorporates them into the command

="My neighbor "&B1&" moved into "&B2&", "&B3&" on "&B4&""

So the result would be

My neighbor John Smith moved into 123 Main St, Anytown, Tx on 42719

My problem is that I cannot get the date from cell B4 to reflect correctly in the end of my statement. See how 12/15/2016 converts to 42719. Can someone help me figure out how to get the end of my statement to read “on 12/15/2016”

Thanks