Date to text?

Hi there experts,
I am looking for a way to format a date value into text format? I can't seem to find a formula in Webi for this. There are formulas to format a text as date but not the other way around?
My requirement is to retrieve today's date but in the format YYYYMMDD as text. My data source is a universe on top of a csv spread sheet.
Thanks
Sabine

Hi Rohit,
This is very interesting. The problem must be something else then?
I am trying to publish a Webi report that is pulling data out of a BPC cube. For my publication I am using dynamic recipients and a dynamic date out of another Webi. Dates in BPC are formatted in text so I need the dynamic date in my Webi to be text as well.
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