how to set a column to DATE format in xlsxwriter
<p>I am working on a project where I am writing out onto an xlsx spreadsheet and need to format the one column for 'Date'.  I get the program to run and all but the column format is still set to 'General'.</p>

<p>Try this in a different way with different code to see if anyone answers.:</p>

<pre><code>for row in cur.execute('''SELECT `Mapline`,`Plant`,`Date`,`Action` from AEReport'''):
    lengthOfHeadings = len(row)
    output = '%s-%s.xlsx' % ("AEReport",now.strftime("%m%d%Y-%H%M"))
    workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook(output, {'strings_to_numbers':True})
    worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()

    format=workbook.add_format({'font_size':'8','border':True})
    format2=workbook.add_format({'font_size':'8','border':True,'num_format':'mm/dd/yy hh:mm'})
    count = 0
    for name in range(0,lengthOfHeadings):
        if name==row[2]:
            name=int(name)
            worksheet.write(counter, count, row[name],format2)
    else:
        worksheet.write(counter, count, row[name],format)
    count += 1
counter += 1
</code></pre>

<p>Slihthinden</p>