It hasn't been done because you haven't had time to send in a patch yet ;-)
-Andy Hoffman, Jason wrote: >I am very interested in the answer to this one. I have been meaning to >start researching this, but just haven't gotten the time yet. I would >gladly accept responsibility to work on this, unless anyone knows why it >WOULD NOT be possible? It seems like an obviuos need, which scares me into >thinking there is a reason it hasn't already been done. Anyone? > >Jason Hoffman > >-----Original Message----- >From: Oliver Fuerniss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:26 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: How to find out if a cell contains a Date > > >Hello, >i am using the poi dev version 1.5.0 and i have the following questions: >Is there an way to find out, if the current cell contains a date? The method > >getCellType() delivers always CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC for my dates. Why is there >no >constant for cell.getCellType() like HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_DATETIME? >Also cell.getCellStyle().getDataFormat() is always 0 (General). >Thanx > Oliver >
