Default date column not aligning in xcel - response (10) by dnoeth

Hi uco,
the sample data is not from a file created by BTEQ, a FORMAT 'DD/MM/YYYY' will never create single digit month/day values.
When you import the data into Excel it will automatically try to convert it to an Excel date which doesn't support dates before 1900. '1858-11-17' will be treated as a string instead and no Excel date format will be applied. You can only export it in the same format you want to use in Excel and then set the column alignment to right aligned in Excel, at least it will look like the other dates.