ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – C# – Set Date Formatting in Cells

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ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – C# – Set Date Formatting in Cells

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How to set date formatting in cells in C# and ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK

The tutorial below will demonstrate how to set date formatting in cells in C#

The sample source codes on this page shows how to set date formatting in cells in C#. What is ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK? It is the library (SDK) that is capable of writing, reading, modifying and calculating Excel and CSV spreadsheets. Most popular formulas can be calculated and reculculated with Excel installed. You may import or export data to and from CSV, XML, JSON as well as to and from databases, arrays. It can help you to set date formatting in cells in your C# application.

This code snippet below for ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK works best when you need to quickly set date formatting in cells in your C# application. In your C# project or application you may simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! Implementing C# application typically includes multiple stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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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();

            // Get worksheet by name
            Worksheet worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("Sample");

            // Set captions
            worksheet.Cell(0, 0).Value = "#";
            worksheet.Cell(0, 1).Value = "Date";

            for (int i = 1; i < 8; i++)
            {
                // Set number
                worksheet.Cell(i, 0).Value = i;

                // Set current cell
                Cell currentCell = worksheet.Cell(i, 1);

                // Set date
                currentCell.ValueAsDateTime = DateTime.Now;

                // Set date format
                currentCell.NumberFormatString = "dd.mm.yyyy";
            }

            // delete output file if exists already
            if (File.Exists("Sample.xls")){
                File.Delete("Sample.xls");
            }

            // Save document
            document.SaveAs("Sample.xls");

            // Close document
            document.Close();

            // open generated XLS document in default program
            Process.Start("Sample.xls");
        }
    }
}