Stop Excel from automatically converting certain text values to dates

Question

Does anyone happen to know if there is a token I can add to my csv for a certain field so Excel doesn\'t try to convert it to a date?

I\'m trying to write a .csv fil

Answer 1

(EXCEL 2016 and later, actually I have not tried in older versions)

1. Open new blank page
2. Go to tab "Data"
3. Click "From Text/CSV" and choose your csv file
4. Check in preview whether your data is correct.
5. In сase when some column is converted to date click "edit" and then select type Text by clicking on calendar in head of column
6. Click "Close & Load"