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In Excel, date formats are specified by the host operating system (e.g. Windows).
The Windows defaults do not correspond to Canadian/CRA/worldwide standards (ISO 8601). Short dates are recommended to be set as “yyyy-mm-dd”.
Control Panel > Region and Language > “Short date:”
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