diff --git a/apache-poi/src/main/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelCellFormatter.java b/apache-poi/src/main/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelCellFormatter.java
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+package com.baeldung.poi.excel;
+
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DataFormatter;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.FormulaEvaluator;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
+
+public class ExcelCellFormatter {
+
+    public String getCellStringValue(Cell cell) {
+        DataFormatter formatter = new DataFormatter();
+        return formatter.formatCellValue(cell);
+    }
+
+    public String getCellStringValueWithFormula(Cell cell, Workbook workbook) {
+        DataFormatter formatter = new DataFormatter();
+        FormulaEvaluator evaluator = workbook.getCreationHelper().createFormulaEvaluator();
+        return formatter.formatCellValue(cell, evaluator);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/apache-poi/src/test/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelCellFormatterUnitTest.java b/apache-poi/src/test/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelCellFormatterUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.poi.excel;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ExcelCellFormatterUnitTest {
+    private static final String FILE_NAME = "ExcelCellFormatterTest.xlsx";
+    private static final int STRING_CELL_INDEX = 0;
+    private static final int BOOLEAN_CELL_INDEX = 1;
+    private static final int RAW_NUMERIC_CELL_INDEX = 2;
+    private static final int FORMATTED_NUMERIC_CELL_INDEX = 3;
+    private static final int FORMULA_CELL_INDEX = 4;
+
+    private String fileLocation;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+            fileLocation = Paths.get(ClassLoader.getSystemResource(FILE_NAME).toURI()).toString();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStringCell_whenGetCellStringValue_thenReturnStringValue() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
+
+        ExcelCellFormatter formatter = new ExcelCellFormatter();
+        assertEquals("String Test", formatter.getCellStringValue(row.getCell(STRING_CELL_INDEX)));
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenBooleanCell_whenGetCellStringValue_thenReturnBooleanStringValue() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
+
+        ExcelCellFormatter formatter = new ExcelCellFormatter();
+        assertEquals("TRUE", formatter.getCellStringValue(row.getCell(BOOLEAN_CELL_INDEX)));
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenNumericCell_whenGetCellStringValue_thenReturnNumericStringValue() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
+
+        ExcelCellFormatter formatter = new ExcelCellFormatter();
+        assertEquals("1.234", formatter.getCellStringValue(row.getCell(RAW_NUMERIC_CELL_INDEX)));
+        assertEquals("1.23", formatter.getCellStringValue(row.getCell(FORMATTED_NUMERIC_CELL_INDEX)));
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFormualCell_whenGetCellStringValue_thenReturnOriginalFormulaString() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
+
+        ExcelCellFormatter formatter = new ExcelCellFormatter();
+        assertEquals("SUM(1+2)", formatter.getCellStringValue(row.getCell(FORMULA_CELL_INDEX)));
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFormualCell_whenGetCellStringValueForFormula_thenReturnOriginalFormulatring() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
+
+        ExcelCellFormatter formatter = new ExcelCellFormatter();
+        assertEquals("3", formatter.getCellStringValueWithFormula(row.getCell(FORMULA_CELL_INDEX), workbook));
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+}
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