Date Format in Excel reports

Hi Experts,
Is there anyway I could print the current date in the YYYY/MM/DD format in the excel report. The format works in a pdf format but in excel the date gets auto converted into MM/DD/YY format. The format-date doesnt work. Please help.
Thanks,
Swarna

Hi Gordon,
It took some time for me to verify in the client machine.
I have changed the date format in both Business One and in the regional settings to DD/MM/YY. It seems to be ok however the appearances of date column in excel seems to be uneven.
04/10/09
04/11/09
       13/04/09
       14/04/09
       19/04/09
(Ignore the *)
I think, the problematic dates seem to be exported to excel in the paste special text format.
Any Idea why this is happening?
Regards,
Mohan
Edited by: Mohanakrishnan T on May 5, 2009 1:09 PM
Edited by: Mohanakrishnan T on May 5, 2009 1:10 PM
Edited by: Mohanakrishnan T on May 5, 2009 1:11 PM
Edited by: Mohanakrishnan T on May 5, 2009 1:11 PM

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