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Default Columns formatted As Dates Are Exported as a Number to Text

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I'm sure this questions has been asked, but I didn't find it when searching
for date issues. I have a spreadsheet with a column formatted as Date. When
I save the worksheet as a text tab-delimited file, Excel converts the date
to the numeric format (i.e. 37185). Then, when I try to import the text file
into Access, Access won't accept the number as a date, and rejects every
record. Other than changing the Excel column to a Text format, is there any
other way to tell Excel to export a date formatted column with the usual
MM/DD/YYYY format instead of a number?

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