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When exporting user data as described in Exporting User Accounts, you may wish to see the dates exported columns in a human-readable format instead of how the data is stored in the databasedifferent format. This can be accomplished by manipulating the data in Excel or LibreOffice.

Step-by-step

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Date field:

Date field's are stored in UNIX time. Follow these steps to convert a date field:.

  1. After opening your csv file in Excel or LibreOffice, use the following command in a new column. Cell T2 is assumed to be the date cell.

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    =(((T2/60)/60/24)+DATE(1970,1,1))


  2. Next, use Excel'ls autocomplete function to populate the date fields for all rows

    Use Autocomplete to populate the rest of the column.


Checkbox:

Checkboxes are stored as a 1 (for checked) or a 0 (for unchecked)

  1. After opening your csv file in Excel or LibreOffice, use the following command in a new column. Cell T2 is assumed to be the date cell.


Microsoft Excel cell formatting: Format cells

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