title: How to pre-format a cell to date on Laravel Excel
body: <p>I am using the package <a href="http://www.maatwebsite.nl/laravel-excel/docs" rel="nofollow">maatwebsite.com/excel</a> for exporting <code>xls</code> files from my app. I want to pre-format the cell to date. Is it possible?</p>
  
  <p>I have formatted the data to date, but I want that the cell would be pre-formatted with <code>date</code> (its default cell format is <code>general</code>). How can I achieve this in <code>PHP</code> or <code>Laravel 4</code>?</p>