diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/Date.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/Date.php
index a99f0706c..278f6ba1b 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/Date.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/Date.php
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ public static function PHPToExcel($dateValue = 0, $adjustToTimezone = false, $ti
         } elseif (is_numeric($dateValue)) {
             $retValue = self::FormattedPHPToExcel(date('Y', $dateValue), date('m', $dateValue), date('d', $dateValue), date('H', $dateValue), date('i', $dateValue), date('s', $dateValue));
         } elseif (is_string($dateValue)) {
-            $retValue = self::stringToExcel($dateValue)
-        }
+            $retValue = self::stringToExcel($dateValue);
+        
         date_default_timezone_set($saveTimeZone);
 
         return $retValue;