Hey
@MikeD1,
I'm actually almost 100% positive Vallarasu actually gave you the correct answer.
The reasons for this is that ReadyAPI! shouldn't be changing anything, it doesn't even include the functionality to change whats been read in without some effort by yourself and seeing as i'm assumimg you haven't created any event handlers, etc. to change the date format, it must be due to Excel.
Also, Excel doesn't always display the format of the value that is actually being stored, especially with non string types.
The easiest way to check that excel is the issue would be to source the date value from a notepad file instead....you'll see that whatever is written in file will be picked up by ReadyAPI!
Excel doesn't always display the value that is represented by the 'type' specified and i know there is an issue with Excel setting the type on a field AFTER the field has had a value in it (google it youll see). You might have to create a new worksheet, set the datatype to what you want and then add the values to it.
To summarise: excel doesnt necessarily display the value with the type that is set, especially if you try altering the type after a value has been stored in the field. To prove its excel, source the date value from a .txt file (that has no formatting) and youll see whatever value is sourced is what is saved in the text file.
Cheers,
Rich
if this helped answer the post, could you please mark it as 'solved'? Also if you consider whether the title of your post is relevant? Perhaps if the post is solved, it might make sense to update the Subject header field of the post to something more descriptive? This will help people when searching for problems. Ta
