Excel may return a serial number instead of a date; because it is stored thus in the backend. Learn how to convert Serial Number to Date.

Microsoft Excel multiplies each cell by 1, and in doing so, converts the text to numbers. We hope this tutorial helps you understand how to convert numbers stored as text to numbers in Excel.

Microsoft Excel depends on data that’s stored correctly. If you receive text values that should be real numbers, use one of these methods to get you back to the real work.

Mary Ann Richardson explains that when concatenating date and text cell data in an Excel formula, you need to convert date cells to text to avoid unexpected results.

In Microsoft Excel, if you select cells containing a date or time and apply the General number format, this generates what appear to be random numbers. In fact, these numbers are anything but ...

How to use Excel's new Cube-based functions and conversion tools to convert a PivotTable to a formula-based report.