Bad date format string in Crystal 2013

I have a report that I wrote a formula to convert the date from a number to a date recognizable by the end user. It works fine. The user then wanted to add another field to the same report. Same type of deal, so I copied the first formula into a new formula for the second conversion and simply changed the file name that it was pulling from. When I check the formula, it comes back no errors found, but when I insert it into the report, I get an error that says "Bad date format string" it's the exact same formula that runs fine in the field next to it. What am I missing? The exact formula as used is;
date(mid(totext({File.name},0,' '),5,2)+'/'+ right(totext({File.Name},0,' ' ),2) + '/' + left(totext({File.Name},0,' '),4)) It is intended to take it from 20140405 to 04/05/2014.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. As I am new to Crystal reports and by no means a database administrator by trade.
Thanks
Bob V.

hi Bob,
you can use something like the following
stringvar s:= '20140405';
date(s[1 to 4] + '/' + s[5 to 6] + '/' + s[7 to 8])
and if you want to be safe and use a check, then you can use something this
stringvar s:= '20140405';
s:= s[1 to 4] + '/' + s[5 to 6] + '/' + s[7 to 8];
if isdate(s) then date(s);
-jamie

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                                                      | | | | | |             |
                                                      | | | | | |             +--????
                                                      | | | | | +----SS
                                                      | | | | |
                                                      | | | | +-----MI
                                                      | | | |
                                                      | | | +-----HH24
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