title: Converting Digits into string
body: <p><strong>1)</strong> I have been working on fetching data from an excel sheet i can see on a cell written <code>Oct-10</code> but when i select it i see <code>10/31/2000</code> on <code>fx</code> column right at top ,when i fetch data from the .xls sheet using <a href="http://phpexcel.codeplex.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://phpexcel.codeplex.com</a> library version number 1.7.3 ,it is returning <code>float(&quot;40482&quot;)</code> ,</p>
  <p>can any body tell how to convert it to either <code>10/31/2000&quot;/&quot;Oct-10</code> all the cells other than this one are reading correctly so there is no error in code.</p>
  <p><strong>2)</strong> Also Please tell how can i get a better tutorial for this library as one provided on this site is not very helpful or i am using wrong library.
  thanks in advance</p>