--- src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/eventusermodel/XSSFSheetXMLHandler.java	(revision 58114c6d8c80403353b76d2fbb098b39c5341f49)
+++ src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/eventusermodel/XSSFSheetXMLHandler.java	(revision )
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ 
 import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
 
 /**
- * This class handles the processing of a sheet#.xml 
+ * This class handles the processing of a sheet#.xml
  *  sheet part of a XSSF .xlsx file, and generates
  *  row and cell events for it.
  */
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ 
        SST_STRING,
        NUMBER,
    }
-   
+
    /**
     * Table with the styles used for formatting
     */
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ 
        this.formatter = dataFormatter;
        init();
    }
-   
+
    /**
     * Accepts objects needed while parsing.
     *
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ 
            boolean formulasNotResults) {
        this(styles, null, strings, sheetContentsHandler, dataFormatter, formulasNotResults);
    }
-   
+
    /**
     * Accepts objects needed while parsing.
     *
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ 
            boolean formulasNotResults) {
        this(styles, strings, sheetContentsHandler, new DataFormatter(), formulasNotResults);
    }
-   
+
    private void init() {
        if (commentsTable != null) {
            commentCellRefs = new LinkedList<>();
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ 
            for (CTComment comment : commentsTable.getCTComments().getCommentList().getCommentArray()) {
                commentCellRefs.add(new CellAddress(comment.getRef()));
            }
-       }   
+       }
    }
 
    private boolean isTextTag(String name) {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ 
       // It isn't a text tag
       return false;
    }
-   
+
    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName,
@@ -206,26 +206,26 @@ 
        } else if ("f".equals(localName)) {
           // Clear contents cache
           formula.setLength(0);
-          
+
           // Mark us as being a formula if not already
           if(nextDataType == xssfDataType.NUMBER) {
              nextDataType = xssfDataType.FORMULA;
           }
-          
+
           // Decide where to get the formula string from
           String type = attributes.getValue("t");
           if(type != null && type.equals("shared")) {
              // Is it the one that defines the shared, or uses it?
              String ref = attributes.getValue("ref");
              String si = attributes.getValue("si");
-             
+
              if(ref != null) {
                 // This one defines it
                 // TODO Save it somewhere
                 fIsOpen = true;
              } else {
                 // This one uses a shared formula
-                // TODO Retrieve the shared formula and tweak it to 
+                // TODO Retrieve the shared formula and tweak it to
                 //  match the current cell
                 if(formulasNotResults) {
                     logger.log(POILogger.WARN, "shared formulas not yet supported!");
@@ -303,11 +303,12 @@ 
        }
 
        String thisStr = null;
+       Double doubleValue = null;
 
        // v => contents of a cell
        if (isTextTag(localName)) {
            vIsOpen = false;
-           
+
            // Process the value contents as required, now we have it all
            switch (nextDataType) {
                case BOOLEAN:
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ 
                       thisStr = formula.toString();
                    } else {
                       String fv = value.toString();
-                      
+
                       if (this.formatString != null) {
                          try {
                             // Try to use the value as a formattable number
@@ -365,19 +366,20 @@ 
                        thisStr = formatter.formatRawCellContents(Double.parseDouble(n), this.formatIndex, this.formatString);
                    else
                        thisStr = n;
+                   doubleValue = Double.parseDouble(n);
                    break;
 
                default:
                    thisStr = "(TODO: Unexpected type: " + nextDataType + ")";
                    break;
            }
-           
+
            // Do we have a comment for this cell?
            checkForEmptyCellComments(EmptyCellCommentsCheckType.CELL);
            XSSFComment comment = commentsTable != null ? commentsTable.findCellComment(new CellAddress(cellRef)) : null;
-           
+
            // Output
-           output.cell(cellRef, thisStr, comment);
+           output.cell(cellRef, thisStr, doubleValue, comment);
        } else if ("f".equals(localName)) {
           fIsOpen = false;
        } else if ("is".equals(localName)) {
@@ -385,10 +387,10 @@ 
        } else if ("row".equals(localName)) {
           // Handle any "missing" cells which had comments attached
           checkForEmptyCellComments(EmptyCellCommentsCheckType.END_OF_ROW);
-          
+
           // Finish up the row
           output.endRow(rowNum);
-          
+
           // some sheets do not have rowNum set in the XML, Excel can read them so we should try to read them as well
           nextRowNum = rowNum + 1;
        } else if ("sheetData".equals(localName)) {
@@ -427,7 +429,7 @@ 
           headerFooter.append(ch, start, length);
        }
    }
-   
+
    /**
     * Do a check for, and output, comments in otherwise empty cells.
     */
@@ -491,7 +493,7 @@ 
        XSSFComment comment = commentsTable.findCellComment(cellRef);
        output.cell(cellRef.formatAsString(), null, comment);
    }
-   
+
    private enum EmptyCellCommentsCheckType {
        CELL,
        END_OF_ROW,
@@ -510,9 +512,10 @@ 
       public void endRow(int rowNum);
 
       /**
-       * A cell, with the given formatted value (may be null), 
+       * A cell, with the given formatted value (may be null),
+       *  with the double value (may be null),
        *  and possibly a comment (may be null), was encountered */
-      public void cell(String cellReference, String formattedValue, XSSFComment comment);
+      public void cell(String cellReference, String formattedValue, Double doubleValue, XSSFComment comment);
 
       /** A header or footer has been encountered */
       public default void headerFooter(String text, boolean isHeader, String tagName) {}