Convert a date to MMDDYYYY

I'm attempting to write a formula to convert a date field to an 8 digit string, which is later barcoded for a customer requirement. If the month or day is <10 then it needs to be padded with a zero, so the overall result is always 8 digits.
I thought this would be an easy task, but I've already spend about 2.5 hours trying different things without success.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Use the ToText function:
ToText({table.date},"MMddyyyy")
The case in the text string is by design so don't worry about the uppercase MM

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