After importing data into a worksheet from text files and databases, I noticed that Excel converts
some data to date serial values and other data to scientific notation. I want the information to appear
in my worksheet exactly as it did in the database. Is there any way to change it back?
No, unfortunately. When Excel sees a value that looks like a date or time or scientific nota-
tion, either when you type a value into a cell or when you import a database, it converts the
value automatically as you type or import. There is no way to reverse this conversion. If ...
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