Hi I am new to perl programming: I am using the below code to convert excel file to CSV file and the format of date changes My source file.xls has dates as below: TDate VDate IDate 20/03/2014 00:08 26/03/2014 20/03/2014 08:07 Output of the .csv files looks as (changes the format when time exists in it). TDate VDate IDate 3-20-14 0:08 26/03/2014 3-20-14 8:07 Please help me with the code which does not change the datetime format of TDate and IDate Thanks. Below is the script I am using. Vijay perl script: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# For each tab (worksheet) in a file (workbook),
# spit out columns separated by ",",
# and rows separated by c/r.

use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
use strict;
my $file='output2.csv';

open STDOUT, ">", $file or die "$0: open: $!";
open STDERR, ">&STDOUT"        or die "$0: dup: $!";

my $filename = shift || "/home/src/file.xls";
my $e = new Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
my $eBook = $e->Parse($filename);
my $sheets = $eBook->{SheetCount};
my ($eSheet, $sheetName);

foreach my $sheet (0 .. $sheets - 1) {
    $eSheet = $eBook->{Worksheet}[$sheet];
    $sheetName = $eSheet->{Name};
    #print "#Worksheet $sheet: $sheetName\n";
    next unless (exists ($eSheet->{MaxRow}) and (exists ($eSheet->{Max
+Col})));
    foreach my $row ($eSheet->{MinRow} .. $eSheet->{MaxRow}) {
        foreach my $column ($eSheet->{MinCol} .. $eSheet->{MaxCol}) {
            if (defined $eSheet->{Cells}[$row][$column])
            {
                print $eSheet->{Cells}[$row][$column]->Value . ",";
            } else {
                print ",";
            }
        }
        print "\n";
    }
}

[download]

In reply to Excel to CSV datetime conversion- format changes by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.