Excel date conversion using PHP Excel

Question

i am reading date from excel which is in this format 12/5/2012 day/month/year using this code to read . using PHP EXCEL

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Answer 1

When using PHPExcel you can use the built in function:

$excelDate = $cell->getValue(); // gives you a number like 44444, which is days since 1900
$stringDate = \PHPExcel_Style_NumberFormat::toFormattedString($excelDate, 'YYYY-MM-DD');