Reading a Date

["Swati, Singhal (IE10)" <Sw...@honeywell.com>]

Hello,

How do i read a Date from an excel file??

Do i need to use DataFormat for that?? 
But how does my program know it's reading a Date from a particular cell??

Regards,
Swati


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AW: Reading a Date

[Karl-Heinz Zengerle <ka...@sawag.com>]

Hi Swati.

Dates come as numeric data. You've methods like getDateCellValue() (class
HSSFCell) and HSSFDateUtil.isCellDateFormatted() and
HSSFDateUtil.isValidExcelDate() to read it as a date or to check whether
it's date formatted.

Regards,

Karl-Heinz Zengerle.


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Hello,

How do i read a Date from an excel file??

Do i need to use DataFormat for that??
But how does my program know it's reading a Date from a particular cell??

Regards,
Swati


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