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Old 10-30-2013, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BobBridges View Post
Therefore when you read in a CSV, Excel can see only the value, not the way you want it expressed.
Bob,

I think you've misunderstood the issue, which is that Excel is converting the text string 'Mar-13' in the CSV file to the date 'March 13, 2013'. If Excel truly returned only the content of the CSV as you suggest, instead of 'interpreting' it, that wouldn't happen.
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