Date format in excel

hi all,
i am using form6i.
i am writing data into excel sheet(using ole2 package). i have one date column among them. The date format in excel should be in 'DD/MM/YYYY'.
In my form i have date format like 'YYYY/MM/MM HH:MI:SS'. so i have converted that column using
TO_CHAR(TRUNC(:date_col),'DD/MM/YYYY').So i am getting output in the format what i need,but still in excel i am seeing data format as 'DD-MM-YY'.
is any conversion is required while writing into excel?
but when i set the excel data format should be in 'DD-MON-YYYY'
i am getting output as '26-JAN-10' but i want output in excel like
'26/JAN/2010'.
Please help.
Thanks..
Edited by: GD on Nov 26, 2011 8:21 PM

If you want the field to be treated like a DATE in excel, you have to set the column-format to DATE and apply the appropiate Format. To get the needed ole-statements, start the macro-recorder, do the changes in excel and then check whats written in the macro and convert it to OLE.
If the field should only be shown as a date, you can put a ' in fornt of the date-value.

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