You are not missing anything because - and this is the short answer - Excel treats any date prior to the epoch (1/1/1900) as text.
The only option you have is to code some VBA support for earlier dates or to use an add-on pack if one is even available. Take a look here to get started with this issue; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245104 -- View this message in context: http://apache-poi.1045710.n5.nabble.com/Generating-excel-file-with-dates-prior-to-1900-tp5713750p5713751.html Sent from the POI - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
