Excel does not support dates prior to 1/1/1900, however, we could export such dates as simple strings: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/excel-specifications-and-limits-1672b34d-7043-467e-8e27-269d656771c3 How to reproduce: public partial class Form1 : RadForm { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); this.radGridView1.DataSource = this.GetData(); this.radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill; } private object GetData() { DataTable dt = new DataTable(); dt.Columns.Add("Id", typeof(int)); dt.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string)); dt.Columns.Add("Bool", typeof(bool)); dt.Columns.Add("Date", typeof(DateTime)); DateTime date = new DateTime(1850, 1, 1); for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { dt.Rows.Add(i, "Name " + i, i % 2 == 0, date.AddYears(i)); } return dt; } FieldInfo fi; private void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { //Old Export using the ExcelML format this.fi = typeof(Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.ExcelML.CellElement).GetField("_dataElement", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic); ExportToExcelML exporter = new ExportToExcelML(this.radGridView1); string fileName = @"..\..\data.xls"; exporter.RunExport(fileName); //New export utilizing the SpreadProcessing libraries GridViewSpreadExport spreadExporter = new GridViewSpreadExport(this.radGridView1); SpreadExportRenderer exportRenderer = new SpreadExportRenderer(); spreadExporter.RunExport(@"..\..\data.xlsx", exportRenderer); } } Workaround: handle the CellFormatting event public partial class Form1 : RadForm { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); this.radGridView1.DataSource = this.GetData(); this.radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill; } private object GetData() { DataTable dt = new DataTable(); dt.Columns.Add("Id", typeof(int)); dt.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string)); dt.Columns.Add("Bool", typeof(bool)); dt.Columns.Add("Date", typeof(DateTime)); DateTime date = new DateTime(1850, 1, 1); for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { dt.Rows.Add(i, "Name " + i, i % 2 == 0, date.AddYears(i)); } return dt; } FieldInfo fi; private void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { //Old Export using the ExcelML format this.fi = typeof(Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.ExcelML.CellElement).GetField("_dataElement", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic); ExportToExcelML exporter = new ExportToExcelML(this.radGridView1); exporter.ExcelCellFormatting += Exporter_ExcelCellFormatting; string fileName = @"..\..\data.xls"; exporter.RunExport(fileName); //New export utilizing the SpreadProcessing libraries GridViewSpreadExport spreadExporter = new GridViewSpreadExport(this.radGridView1); spreadExporter.CellFormatting += SpreadExporter_CellFormatting; SpreadExportRenderer exportRenderer = new SpreadExportRenderer(); spreadExporter.RunExport(@"..\..\data.xlsx", exportRenderer); } private void SpreadExporter_CellFormatting(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.Export.CellFormattingEventArgs e) { if (e.GridRowIndex >= 1 && e.GridCellInfo.ColumnInfo is GridViewDateTimeColumn && ((DateTime)e.GridCellInfo.Value).Year < 1900) { Telerik.Windows.Documents.Spreadsheet.Model.CellSelection cell = e.CellSelection as Telerik.Windows.Documents.Spreadsheet.Model.CellSelection; cell.SetValue(e.GridCellInfo.Value.ToString()); } } private void Exporter_ExcelCellFormatting(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.ExcelML.ExcelCellFormattingEventArgs e) { if (e.GridRowIndex > -1 && e.GridCellInfo.ColumnInfo is GridViewDateTimeColumn && ((DateTime)e.GridCellInfo.Value).Year < 1900) { DataElement data = new DataElement(); data.DataItem = e.GridCellInfo.Value.ToString(); this.fi.SetValue(e.ExcelCellElement, data); } } }