DateTime format mismatch on importing from Excel Sheet

Question

I\'m importing data from an Excel sheet on to a DataTable using the following code:

OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(\"Provider=Microso         


        

Answer 1

How about filling the dataset programmatically instead of via a data adapter?

OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + fileName + ";Extended Properties=Excel 8.0");

Dim _myDataSet As New DataSet
                Dim con As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
                con.Open()
                Dim cmd As New OleDb.OleDbCommand(" SELECT * FROM [" + "Sheet1" + "$]", con)
                Using dr = cmd.ExecuteReader()
                    While dr.Read
                        Dim row = _myDataSet.Tables(0).NewRow()
                        With dr.Item("excel date column").ToString
                            Dim dt As New Date(CInt(.Substring(6)), CInt(.Substring(3, 2)), CInt(.Substring(0, 2)))
                            row.Item("dataset datecolumn") = dt
                        End With

                        \*'populate other columns here' *\
                       _myDataSet.Tables(0).Rows.Add(row)
                    End While


                End Using