How to use ``xlrd.xldate_as_tuple()``

Question

I am not quite sure how to use the following function:

xlrd.xldate_as_tuple

for the following data

xldate:39274.0
xldate:39         


        

Answer 1

Here's what I use to automatically convert dates:

cell = sheet.cell(row, col)
value = cell.value
if cell.ctype == 3:  # xldate
    value = datetime.datetime(*xlrd.xldate_as_tuple(value, workbook.datemode))