Excel may return a serial number instead of a date; because it is stored thus in the backend. Learn how to convert Serial Number to Date.

You can change the date & time format in Google Sheets & Excel Online using this guide. Use different date & time formats in spreadsheets.

How to Change to Accounting Format in Excel. The accounting format in Microsoft Excel 2010 is very similar to the currency format---both display the currency symbol next to every number.

This article will teach you how to change the date format in Microsoft Excel to have a uniform structure across your spreadsheet.

The date will display in the format you choose, no matter how you enter it. If you type "1/1/19" into a cell with the long date format, Excel will change it to the expanded date.

When you type a seven-or-ten-digit phone number into an Excel cell that uses the phone number format, Excel will automatically change the way the number looks so that it appears as a phone number.