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Default Why does Excel mis-convert a string to a date

In a CSV file I have <<,"6 - 14",. On opening the file Excel 2007
strangely converts this to 14 Jun as a number. Clearly the CSV file said
this was a string. Why does Excel think it knows better and give a poor user
outcome.

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