re placing the dates format in R for exporting the data set...

hi everyone, i am having difficulties with replacing the dates format in R
for exporting the data set...

eg: the code that i used was 
toms_dat<- replace(toms_dat, toms_dat ==2009-08-06, 2)
toms_dat<- replace(toms_dat, toms_dat ==2009-08-04, 1)

but when i export the data as into txt file or excel file the dates come up
with very large numbers .....:drunk:

please help me ...=)

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