log('Returns the serial number of a particular date.'); // Create new PhpSpreadsheet object $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet(); $worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet(); // Add some data $testDates = [[2012, 3, 26], [2012, 2, 29], [2012, 4, 1], [2012, 12, 25], [2012, 10, 31], [2012, 11, 5], [2012, 1, 1], [2012, 3, 17], [2011, 2, 29], [7, 5, 3], [2012, 13, 1], [2012, 11, 45], [2012, 0, 0], [2012, 1, 0], [2012, 0, 1], [2012, -2, 2], [2012, 2, -2], [2012, -2, -2], ]; $testDateCount = count($testDates); $worksheet->fromArray($testDates, null, 'A1', true); for ($row = 1; $row <= $testDateCount; ++$row) { $worksheet->setCellValue('D' . $row, '=DATE(A' . $row . ',B' . $row . ',C' . $row . ')'); $worksheet->setCellValue('E' . $row, '=D' . $row); } $worksheet->getStyle('E1:E' . $testDateCount) ->getNumberFormat() ->setFormatCode('yyyy-mmm-dd'); // Test the formulae for ($row = 1; $row <= $testDateCount; ++$row) { $helper->log('Year: ' . $worksheet->getCell('A' . $row)->getFormattedValue()); $helper->log('Month: ' . $worksheet->getCell('B' . $row)->getFormattedValue()); $helper->log('Day: ' . $worksheet->getCell('C' . $row)->getFormattedValue()); $helper->log('Formula: ' . $worksheet->getCell('D' . $row)->getValue()); $helper->log('Excel DateStamp: ' . $worksheet->getCell('D' . $row)->getFormattedValue()); $helper->log('Formatted DateStamp: ' . $worksheet->getCell('E' . $row)->getFormattedValue()); $helper->log(''); }