How do I change the output format "datetime" in Excel_ADO writer?
In the reader the date is on YYYY-MM-DD format but when i'm writing it into Excel_ADO the format changes to YYYYMMDD000000, probably on the format YYMMDDHHMMSS.
How can I get the Excel_ADO writer to print it in the ouput file on YYYY-MM-DD format instead?
Best regards
Christer
As far as I know, database writers (e.g. SQL Server) convert automatically a datetime string formatted in YYYYmmdd / YYYYmmddHHMMSS to a datetime value, when writing the value into datetime type field. I tested Excel writer in FME 2013 SP4, Windows Xp SP3.
Input datetime string format is YYYYmmddHHMMSS in all cases.
Results:
1) XLS_ADO writer, Excel version 97/2000/2002/2003 (*.xls)
Writer User Attribute Type = datetime
The value is written as a datetime value. But the field format cannot be specified in FME, it has to be modified manually after writing if necessary.
2) XLS_ADO writer, Excel version 2007 (*.xlsx)
Writer User Attribute Type = datetime
The value is written as a character string. Why?
3) XLSXW writer (new Excel writer added in FME 2013 SP2)
Writer User Attribute Type = datetime
The value is written as a datetime value, and also the field format (e.g. yyyy-mm-dd) can be specified in the writer feature type dialog box.
Traditional XLS_ADO writer is currently deprecated. I recommend you to use new XLSXW writer, if possible.
Takashi
Having just specified the date format for a lot of dates in my workspace, I really miss a way of specifying the default date format for writing to Excel.
Regards,
Steinar
