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Or you know, use a non-proprietary format like CSV and analyze your data in any language you damn well please.
Excel can't import a CSV file reliably though - and neither can any other spreadsheet software I've ever tested. They have problems with dates, numeric values, etc.
The only reliable way to work with CSV is in a programming language of your choice or a plain text editor.
I've never had any issue and have used CSV for years from hundreds of sources. I prefer the "what you see is what you get" and not Excel's "helpful" guessing at dates.
Excel can't even get it's own shit right when it's in XLSX:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates