diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Cell/Cell.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Cell/Cell.php
index 5a9def37..a4d74daf 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Cell/Cell.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Cell/Cell.php
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell;
 
+use DateTime;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Calculation\Calculation;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Collection\Cells;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\RichText\RichText;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\Date as SharedDate;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\NumberFormat;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\Style;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\Worksheet;
@@ -234,6 +236,22 @@ class Cell
             case DataType::TYPE_BOOL:
                 $this->value = (bool) $value;
 
+                break;
+            case DataType::TYPE_ISO_DATE:
+                if (!is_string($value)) {
+                    throw new Exception('Non-string supplied for datatype Date');
+                }
+                $date = new DateTime($value);
+                $newValue = SharedDate::PHPToExcel($date);
+                if ($newValue === false) {
+                    throw new Exception("Invalid string $value supplied for datatype Date");
+                }
+                if (preg_match('/^\\d\\d:\\d\\d:\\d\\d/', $value) == 1) {
+                    $newValue = fmod($newValue, 1.0);
+                }
+                $this->value = $newValue;
+                $dataType = DataType::TYPE_NUMERIC;
+
                 break;
             case DataType::TYPE_ERROR:
                 $this->value = DataType::checkErrorCode($value);
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Cell/DataType.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Cell/DataType.php
index cee3e1e5..0f7efe2a 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Cell/DataType.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Cell/DataType.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class DataType
     const TYPE_NULL = 'null';
     const TYPE_INLINE = 'inlineStr';
     const TYPE_ERROR = 'e';
+    const TYPE_ISO_DATE = 'd';
 
     /**
      * List of error codes.
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/Date.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/Date.php
index 5b0a2907..b4cf1913 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/Date.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/Date.php
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class Date
      * @param mixed $dateValue PHP DateTime object or a string - Unix timestamp is also permitted, but discouraged;
      *    not Y2038-safe on a 32-bit system, and no timezone info
      *
-     * @return bool|float Excel date/time value
+     * @return false|float Excel date/time value
      *                                  or boolean FALSE on failure
      */
     public static function PHPToExcel($dateValue)
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Xlsx/ExplicitDateTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Xlsx/ExplicitDateTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23af5222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Xlsx/ExplicitDateTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Reader\Xlsx;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory;
+
+class ExplicitDateTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private static $testbook = 'tests/data/Reader/XLSX/explicitdate.xlsx';
+
+    public function testPreliminaries(): void
+    {
+        $file = 'zip://';
+        $file .= self::$testbook;
+        $file .= '#xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml';
+        $data = file_get_contents($file);
+        if ($data === false) {
+            self::fail('Unable to read file');
+        } else {
+            // confirm that file contains type "d" cells
+            self::assertStringContainsString('<c r="A3" s="1" t="d"><v>2021-12-31T23:44:51.894</v></c>', $data);
+            self::assertStringContainsString('<c r="B3" s="2" t="d"><v>2021-12-31</v></c>', $data);
+            self::assertStringContainsString('<c r="C3" s="3" t="d"><v>23:44:51.894</v></c>', $data);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static function testExplicitDate(): void
+    {
+        $spreadsheet = IOFactory::load(self::$testbook);
+        $sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+        // DateTime
+        $value = $sheet->getCell('A3')->getValue();
+        $formatted = $sheet->getCell('A3')->getFormattedValue();
+        self::assertEqualsWithDelta(44561.98948, $value, 0.00001);
+        self::assertSame('2021-12-31 23:44:51', $formatted);
+        // Date only
+        $value = $sheet->getCell('B3')->getValue();
+        $formatted = $sheet->getCell('B3')->getFormattedValue();
+        self::assertEquals(44561, $value);
+        self::assertSame('2021-12-31', $formatted);
+        // Time only
+        $value = $sheet->getCell('C3')->getValue();
+        $formatted = $sheet->getCell('C3')->getFormattedValue();
+        self::assertEqualsWithDelta(0.98948, $value, 0.00001);
+        self::assertSame('23:44:51', $formatted);
+
+        $spreadsheet->disconnectWorksheets();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/data/Reader/XLSX/explicitdate.xlsx b/tests/data/Reader/XLSX/explicitdate.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4017b87
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