# I enter this time but export data excel to another time **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [July 16, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/i-enter-this-time-but-export-data-excel-to-another-time/14041 "2018-07-16T07:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Huy\_Tron](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/huy_tron/32/3186_2.png) [@Huy\_Tron](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Huy_Tron)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/i-enter-this-time-but-export-data-excel-to-another-time/14041/1 "2018-07-16T07:04:58Z")
I enter this time but export data excel to another time ---
**Author:** ![danbjoseph](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/danbjoseph/32/21901_2.png) [@danbjoseph](https://forum.getodk.org/u/danbjoseph)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/i-enter-this-time-but-export-data-excel-to-another-time/14041/2 "2018-07-16T12:25:03Z")
If you can provide some more details, we might be able to troubleshoot your problem. What software(s) are you using? (Aggregate? Briefcase? other?) What does the date look like on the server? What does the date look like in your data export? And anything else you can provide. The computer language settings and time zone can affect how the date is formatted, see this post for more details: > [@ODK aggregate french computer settings saves start dates as general format in a CSV file](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-aggregate-french-computer-settings-saves-start-dates-as-general-format-in-a-csv-file/6032/5): > > ODK Briefcase will export to CSV in whatever language format your computer is configured to use (e.g., french) and in time zone of your computer. The expectation is that whatever spreadsheet you are importing the .csv into will then do a localized conversion of dates to their internal format. i.e., [https://github.com/opendatakit/briefcase/blob/master/src/org/opendatakit/briefcase/util/ExportToCsv.java#L357](https://github.com/opendatakit/briefcase/blob/master/src/org/opendatakit/briefcase/util/ExportToCsv.java#L357) and its use of [http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/DateFormat.html](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/DateFormat.html) O… Other people have had difficulties with this: > [@Date variable after exporting data to CSV file](https://forum.getodk.org/t/date-variable-after-exporting-data-to-csv-file/10604): > > What is the problem? Please be detailed. I have collected data about date of vaccination but all date data are shown as 00:00:0000 after exporting the data to CSV file. I have 3000 observation and it's hard to re-enter the date again .. is there any way to solve this ? What ODK tool and version are you using? And on what device and operating system version? tablet What steps can we take to reproduce the problem? let me know please if there is any way I can have these dates in my exported fi… and > [@Date format on export different on different machines (with identical setups)](https://forum.getodk.org/t/date-format-on-export-different-on-different-machines-with-identical-setups/13612/12): > > Ok well this has definitely flagged a difference! COMPUTER 1: [46] COMPUTER 2: [41] I then completely removed Java on computer 1 and installed JDK 10.01 - Hyphens gone, problem fixed. But more broadly and from an ODK Feature perspective we need a solution whereby all dates come out in ISO format as mentioned above to avoid this kind of issue - real barrier to pre-scripted analysis