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Using Google Apps Script, I want to set the format for a Google Sheets cell to plain text. The reason I want to do this is because I want to show a date in the U.S. date format (MM/DD/YYYY). [We can assume the locale in the OP's Google account is set to use DD/MM/YYYY, a more common date format. –Ed.] I create the string like this: var thisDate = Utilities.formatDate (new Date (), SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet (). getSpreadsheetTimeZone (), "MM / d / yyyy"); ... which returns the date in the U.S. format, 06/13/2012 , which is what I want. However, when I set the value of a cell to that string: sheet.getRange (1, n). setValue (thisDate); ... the date is formatted into the cell according to my locale, 13/06/2012 , not the U.S. format. The following operation also fails, because the date is returned in the standard format, not the U.S. format: sheet.getRange (1, n). getValue () == "06/13/2012" When the cell is formatted as plain text, and not a date, everything works fine. So, my question is, how to format a cell using JavaScript.

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