New Post: Unable to get format data cell using closexml

I'm having problems getting Excel to format cells using closedxml.

My Excel cell is formatted as short date however when I check datatype it gives me string instead of date (or datetime).

I have tried to get format type in this way:

foreach (var item in wRange.Rows())

{
  var array = new object[wCol];
                for (int y = 1; y <= wCol; y++)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        var t = item.Cell(y).Value;

and item.Cell(y) gives me string instead of datetime.

Why is my cell not DateTime type? How do I get it to format as short date?

Thanks