Problems In The Date Format When Importing Excel:

I am using an excel table to import various data. I have sometimes problem with importing date format. In my country we use the format dd / MM / YYYY, if I do not change the date format to 14-Mar-01, after importing the date format is MM / DD / YYYY. Would there be a way to ensure that every time I import the excel table the date format is the standard of my country who is DD / MM / YYYY. I use a MYSQL database.