ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – C# – Read Date From Cell

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ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – C# – Read Date From Cell

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How to read date from cell in C# using ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK

Tutorial on how to read date from cell in C#

The sample source code below will teach you how to read date from cell in C#. ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK is the SDK to create, read, modify and calculate spreadsheets. Formula calculations are supported, import and export to and from JSON, CSV, XML, databases, arrays and you can use it to read date from cell with C#.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK for C# plus the instruction and the code below will help you quickly learn how to read date from cell. Just copy and paste the code into your C# application’s code and follow the instruction. Further enhancement of the code will make it more vigorous.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.Spreadsheet;
using System.IO;

namespace HelloWorld
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create new Spreadsheet
            Spreadsheet document = new Spreadsheet();
	document.LoadFromFile("Sample.xls");

            // Get worksheet by name
            Worksheet worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.ByName("Sheet1");

            // Check dates
            for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
            {
                // Set current cell
                Cell currentCell = worksheet.Cell(i, 0);

                DateTime date = currentCell.ValueAsDateTime;

                // Write Date
                Console.WriteLine("{0}", date.ToShortDateString());
            }

            // Close document
            document.Close();

            // Write message
            Console.Write("Press any key to continue...");

            // Wait user input
            Console.ReadKey();

        }
    }
}