Blank or null date fields are displaying 1/1/1901

I have optional date fields that users may leave blank. When they do, the result is that my report is printing 1/1/1901 (which I am guessing is a default setting somewhere in the options???) Can anyone point me in the right direction so that if the field is null, the "text string" & doesn't print?
Here's the formula, maybe it's a fundamental problem with the way I've done the formula:
if totext({Command.SHIPDATE}) = ""
then ""
else "Needed by: " & {Command.SHIPDATE}
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Is SHIPDATE a date type or text field? I an presuming a text field based on your example. If the date is defaulting to 1/1/1901, I am guessing that is a function of your database server rather than Crystal Reports. So I would alter your code to say:
if totext({Command.SHIPDATE}) = "1/1/1901"
then ""
else "Needed by: " & {Command.SHIPDATE}
Fuskie
Who notes you could also put the text and data object directly in the report and use a suppression formula instead of a report object formula...

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