<?php use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet; error_reporting(E_ALL); set_time_limit(0); date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London'); ?> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>PhpSpreadsheet Calculation Examples</title> </head> <body> <h1>DATEVALUE</h1> <h2>Converts a date in the form of text to a serial number.</h2> <?php require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../src/Bootstrap.php'; // Create new PhpSpreadsheet object $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet(); $worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet(); // Add some data $testDates = ['26 March 2012', '29 Feb 2012', 'April 1, 2012', '25/12/2012', '2012-Oct-31', '5th November', 'January 1st', 'April 2012', '17-03', '03-2012', '29 Feb 2011', '03-05-07', '03-MAY-07', '03-13-07', ]; $testDateCount = count($testDates); for ($row = 1; $row <= $testDateCount; ++$row) { $worksheet->setCellValue('A' . $row, $testDates[$row - 1]); $worksheet->setCellValue('B' . $row, '=DATEVALUE(A' . $row . ')'); $worksheet->setCellValue('C' . $row, '=B' . $row); } $worksheet->getStyle('C1:C' . $testDateCount) ->getNumberFormat() ->setFormatCode('yyyy-mmm-dd'); echo '<hr />'; // Test the formulae ?> <p><strong>Warning: </strong>The PhpSpreadsheet DATEVALUE() function accepts a wider range of date formats than MS Excel's DATEFORMAT() function.</p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <th>Date String</th> <th>Formula</th> <th>Excel DateStamp</th> <th>Formatted DateStamp</th> </tr> <?php for ($row = 1; $row <= $testDateCount; ++$row) { echo '<tr>'; echo '<td>', $worksheet->getCell('A' . $row)->getFormattedValue(), '</td>'; echo '<td>', $worksheet->getCell('B' . $row)->getValue(), '</td>'; echo '<td>', $worksheet->getCell('B' . $row)->getFormattedValue(), '</td>'; echo '<td>', $worksheet->getCell('C' . $row)->getFormattedValue(), '</td>'; echo '</tr>'; } ?> </table> </body> </html>