Export to .csv dropping leading zero

[ddreese]

I have a field that's being exported to a .csv and it's dropping the leading zero in the field. On the layout the field is correct (081xxxxxxxxx), and the export is set to format using current layout.

The field itself is a text field, not a number field. I'm a little confused why it's doing this. Any help would be appreciated.

[tgilders]

I suspect you're opening it in Excel, and Excel will strip the leading zero. Try opening it in a text editor to verify that the leading zero exists in the output.