Export To Excel Date Format Error

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Hello,

I have a Problem , while Exporting my grid error on date format
my grid date format is M/D/YYYY and my system Format is DD-MM-YYYY

/*
my grid eg:   
                 
             Start Date   End Date
             1/1/2011     12/31/2011

exported to Excel shows like

             Start Date   End Date
             01-01-2011   12/31/2011

*/

Pls Help me

Thanks in Advance

Posted 7-Feb-11 18:39pm

NITHIN INDIA

Updated 7-Feb-11 18:45pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2011-02-07T21:33:00

Solution 1

You need to set the cell format in Excel to "d/m/yyyy" - currently it is set to "dd/mm/yyyy" which inserts leading zeros. Look at the Excel.Range.NumberFormat [^] property.

Posted 7-Feb-11 21:33pm

OriginalGriff