Not quite clear, what do you mean "not converted properly", but try:

copy field (field_date) to _excel xls, and
copy field (field_date) to _excel5 xl5

to see the difference.

>Hey guys is there a way to export a cursor to the current version of XL. Eg. XL2000. Currently it exports it as XL2.1 and the dates are not converted properly.