Convert number to date

Hello.
I'm new at this stuff and need a hand with a function.
I have a Customer table that has a Date set as a number.
When I drag this field on to the report I get the following: 20,071,101.00
Which makes complete sense since it is a number field.
How do I convert this field to a date format?
I tried the following:
cDateTime ({CUS.DATESTART})
Unfortunately, I'm doing something wrong as it is providing me with the following error:
Error: Dates must be between year 1 and year 9999
What am I doing wrong?
Perhaps there is a much easier method then trying to create function...
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Stephane

Hello Raghavendra.
Your solution has provided my answer.
I will provide my final solution for others to view:
Date(tonumber(left(totext({CUS.DATESTART},'##'),4)),tonumber(mid(totext({CUS.DATESTART},'##'),5,2)),tonumber(right(totext({CUS.DATESTART},'##'),2)))
Notice how I substituted the actual date with the field(number).
Here is reported field: 01/11/2007
Note: my field value at this point was equal to CUS.DATESTART = 20,071,101.00
Thank you very much for your quick assistance.
Stephane

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