title: xlrd original value of the cell
body: <p>I'm reading xls file using xlrd. The problem is, when xlrd reading value like this <strong>"12/09/2012"</strong>, i get result like this <strong>"xldate:41252.0"</strong>. When I use <strong>xlrd.xldate_as_tuple</strong>, i get this result:</p>
  
  <p><strong>(2016, 12, 10, 0, 0, 0)</strong></p>
  
  <p>My code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>curr_row = -1
  while curr_row &lt; num_rows:
      curr_row += 1
      row = worksheet.row(curr_row)     
          for x in xrange(num_cols):
              field_type = worksheet.cell_type(curr_row, x)
              if field_type == 3: # this is date
                  field_value = worksheet.cell_value(curr_row, x)
                  print worksheet.cell(curr_row, x).value
                  print xlrd.xldate_as_tuple(field_value, 1)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Result:</p>
  
  <pre><code>41252.0
  (2016, 12, 10, 0, 0, 0)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Both results are wrong for me. How can i get original cell value "12/09/2012" using xlrd ?</p>