Excel Versions

Version 1

Sep 30, 1985

Format is .xls

Excel 2.0

Nov 19, 1987

Format is .xls

Excel 3.0

Mar 4, 1991

It was released in 1990 but it came in the Microsoft Office a year later. Format is .xls

Excel 4.0

Aug 30, 1992

Format is .xlw

Excel 5.0

Jun 2, 1994

Released by itself in 1993. Format is .xls

Excel 95 (7.0)

Aug 24, 1995

Format is .xls

Excel 97 (8.0)

Nov 19, 1996

Format is .xls

Excel 2000 (9.0)

Jun 7, 1999

Format is .xls

Excel 2002

May 31, 2001

Format is .xls

Excel 2003 (11.0)

Oct 21, 2003

Format is .xls

Excel 2007 (12.0)

Jan 30, 2007

Format changed to .xlsx

Excel 2010

Jun 15, 2010

Format is .xlsx

Excel 2013

Oct 11, 2012

Format is .xlsx

Excel 2016

Sep 22, 2015

Format is .xlsx and it is the newest version of excel.