How to insert a date to an Open XML worksheet?

Question

I\'m using Microsoft Open XML SDK 2 and I\'m having a really hard time inserting a date into a cell. I can insert numbers without a problem by setting Cell.DataType = Cell

Answer 1

Use Shared String:

// assuming it's the first item in the shared string table
SharedStringItem sharedStringItem = new SharedStringItem();
Text text = new Text();
text.Text = DateTime.Today.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm");
sharedStringTable1.Append(sharedStringItem);

Then later in code:

// assuming it's the first item in the shared string table
var cell = new Cell {CellReference = "A1", DataType = CellValues.SharedString};
var cellValue = new CellValue("0");
cell.Append(cellValue);