case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
double d = cell.getNumericCellValue();
// test if a date!
if (HSSFDateUtil.isCellDateFormatted(cell)) {
// format in form of M/D/YY
cal.setTime(HSSFDateUtil.getJavaDate(d));
cellText =
(String.valueOf(cal.get(Calendar.YEAR))).substring(2);
cellText = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH)+1 + "/" +
cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) + "/" +
cellText;
}
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