https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61638
--- Comment #4 from mattgregor...@gmail.com --- I voted for this as I'm running into the same underlying issue. I'm using Apache Tika to parse spreadsheets of varying layouts. Format strings such as "0##" cause IllegalArgumentException to be caught in DataFormatter.createNumberFormat() and the default formatter to be used in place. In my case I cannot predict the incoming layout nor the value of such a format to the creator of the spreadsheet. I simply must parse it as intended. It seems POI should parse these the same way Excel would. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org