diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/Date.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/Date.php
index faccfbdd..58910e3f 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/Date.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/Date.php
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class Date
         } elseif (is_numeric($dateValue)) {
             $retValue = self::FormattedPHPToExcel(date('Y', $dateValue), date('m', $dateValue), date('d', $dateValue), date('H', $dateValue), date('i', $dateValue), date('s', $dateValue));
         } elseif (is_string($dateValue)) {
-            $retValue = self::stringToExcel($dateValue)
+            $retValue = self::stringToExcel($dateValue);
         }
         date_default_timezone_set($saveTimeZone);