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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions pandas/io/excel/_base.py
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result 'foo'

If a column or index contains an unparseable date, the entire column or
index will be returned unaltered as an object data type. For non-standard
datetime parsing, use ``pd.to_datetime`` after ``pd.read_excel``.
index will be returned unaltered as an object data type. If you don`t want to
parse some cells as date just change their type in Excel to "Text".
For non-standard datetime parsing, use ``pd.to_datetime`` after ``pd.read_excel``.

Note: A fast-path exists for iso8601-formatted dates.
date_parser : function, optional
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