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Asked: 2026-05-20T11:02:35+00:00

I’m trying to use this class to import a large amount of data. Most

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I’m trying to use this class to import a large amount of data.
Most of the data is being read correctly, however I have two date columns which are giving me problems.

The dates are in the format DD/MM/YYYY and the values returned are one day ahead of those in the spreadsheet. For example, 04/03/2011 becomes 05/03/2011

I have tried accessing the data like this:

$data->sheets[$sheet]['cells'][$row][$col];

I have also tried using the raw data:

$data->sheets[$sheet]['cellsInfo'][$row][$col]['raw']

Which returns the date as a unix timestamp but still it is one day ahead of what it should be.

Is there anyway I can force the class to return the value of the column as a simple string?

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader converst the Excel numeric date/timestamp to a PHP date string using the standard PHP date() function. The numeric value held as a date/timestamp in Excel is effectively UTC, so this is likely to be a timezone issue. Try issuing a date_default_timezone_set() to UTC in your PHP script before importing the workbook.

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