XML Schema Definition (XSD) data type support
Note XML features, except for saving files in the XML Spreadsheet format, are available only in Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 and Microsoft Office Excel 2003.
How Excel handles XSD data types when importing XML data
The following table lists the display format that is applied when an item with a particular XSD data type is imported into an Excel worksheet. Data with an XSD format listed in the Unsupported Formats column are imported as text values.
| XSD Data Type | Excel Display Format | Unsupported Formats |
|---|---|---|
| time | h:mm:ss | hh:mm:ssZ Hh:mm:ss.f-f |
| dateTime | m/d/yyyy h:mm | yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss+/-hh:mm yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.f-f Years outside of the range between 1900 to 9999 |
| date | Date *3/14/2001 | yyyy-mm-ddZ yyyy-mm-dd+/-hh:mm Years outside of the range between 1900 to 9999 |
| gYear | Number, no decimals | yyyy+/-hh:mm Years outside of the range between 1900 to 9999 |
| gDay gMonth |
Number, no decimals |
|
| gYearMonth | Custom mmm-yy | yyyy-mm+/-hh:mm Years outside of the range between 1900 to 9999 |
| gMonthDay | Custom d-mmm | |
| anytype anyURI base64Binary duration ENTITIES ENTITY hexBinary ID IDREF IDREFS language Name NCName NMTOKEN NMTOKENS normalizedString NOTATION QName string token |
Text | |
| boolean | Boolean | |
| decimal float double |
General | Leading and trailing zeros will are dropped.
‘-’ and ‘+’ signs will be respected, although only negative signs will be displayed. Excel stores and calculates with 15 significant digits of precision. |
| byte int integer long negativeInteger nonNegativeInteger nonPositiveInteger positiveInteger short unsignedByte unsignedInt unsignedLong unsignedShort |
General |
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How Excel display formats map to XSD data types when exporting XML data
When you export XML data, the exported data will match the data displayed in the worksheet under the following cirsumstances:
- The Excel display format is Text.
- You have not changed the display format of the data
If you change the display format of a cell with numeric, date, or time data, then the underlying value of the cell is exported. For example, you apply a Percentage display format to a cell that results in the display of 51.50%. The cell's value will be exported as .515.