title: export to excel from asp.net value converts to date
body: <p>I am exporting some values from datagrid to excel. My problem is values like 2-3, 3-4 is converted in to date format - 3-Feb,4-March etc.</p>
  
  <p>Please advice how to fix this? I tried setting the column format to text only but it is not working.</p>
  
  <p>Regards
  V</p>