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. -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Swati, Singhal (IE10) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 17. November 2003 10:21 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Reading a Date 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
