title: Read Excel file in python with the same format as the Excel file
body: <p>I would like to read an Excel file in Python, with the data in the exact same format as the Excel file.</p>
  <p>I have an Excel file with some columns with an int format i.e 2,000. Others with float format, i.e 1,999.52. And another column with dates in &quot;long format&quot;, i.e 12-31-2020 is written as Thursday, 31st of December 2020.</p>
  <p>Given that this Excel file has some formulas in it, my code is:</p>
  <pre><code>excel = load_workbook('excelfileroute', data_only=True)
  </code></pre>
  <p>Is there a way to import all the data from an Excel file as strings, with the data format unchanged? Or a way I could import the data maintaining the format in the Excel file?</p>
  <p>Thanks</p>