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New export formatting options for dates and phone numbers

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You now have more control over how your exported data is formatted, with new options for datetime and phone number fields.


🚀 What’s New
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  • Date/time formatting – Choose from 10 different date formats including ISO 8601, US, and UK styles to match your workflow or target system.
  • Phone number normalization – Format phone numbers as strict international, readable international, or national format, or keep them as-is from Shopify.
  • Phone cell formatting – Control whether phone cells include an apostrophe prefix to prevent Excel auto-formatting issues.
  • CLI support – Use --datetime-format, --phone-format, and --phone-cell-format flags in the CLI tool.

🔧 Improvements
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  • Advanced Options – New collapsible section on the export create page keeps the interface clean while providing access to formatting controls.
  • Country-aware phone parsing – Phone number formatting uses the related address country code for accurate national format conversion.