diff --git a/src/lib/transferComponents/newFormatDetection.ts b/src/lib/transferComponents/newFormatDetection.svelte.ts
similarity index 69%
rename from src/lib/transferComponents/newFormatDetection.ts
rename to src/lib/transferComponents/newFormatDetection.svelte.ts
index 456db48f..784e143f 100644
--- a/src/lib/transferComponents/newFormatDetection.ts
+++ b/src/lib/transferComponents/newFormatDetection.svelte.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,46 @@
+import type { ColumnFormat } from "$lib/types/columnModel";
+
+	// 🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️ This is FORMATTING only
+	type FormatT = 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps';
+	export function formatValue(format: FormatT, value: any): string {
+		if (format === "date") { return formatDate(value); }
+		if (format == "gps") { return formatGps(value); }
+		if (format === "number") { return formatNumber(value); }
+		if (format === "string") { return formatString(value); }
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	function formatGps(value: any): string {
+		return "Gps:" + value;
+	}
+
+	function formatNumber(value: any): string {
+		return "Number: " + value;
+	}
+
+	function formatString(value: any): string {
+		return "String: " + value;
+	}
+
+
+
+function numberFormat(value: number): string {
+	return new Intl.NumberFormat('en-US', {
+		style: 'decimal',
+		minimumFractionDigits: 0,
+		maximumFractionDigits: 2
+	}).format(value);
+}
+
+function formatDate(value: string): string {
+	return new Date(value).toLocaleDateString('en-US', {
+		year: 'numeric',
+		month: '2-digit',
+		day: '2-digit'
+	});
+}
+
+// 🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️🔉️ This is detection only
 
 	// 👍️🌲️👍️🌲️👍️🌲️👍️🌲️👍️🌲️NUMBERS🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️
 	// Number detection with debug
@@ -16,6 +59,7 @@
 		return false;
 	}
 
+
 	// 🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️DATES🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️🌲️
 	function isDate(value: any): boolean {
 		if (typeof value === 'number') {
@@ -47,15 +91,16 @@
 				/^\d{1,2}(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\d{4}$/i
 			];
 			return DATE_FORMATS.some((format) => format.test(value));
+            // print as JavaScript data string
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
 
 	//  3 Apr 2025  8:55 AM New function
-	export function detectFormat(columnData: Array<string | number | null>, currentColumnHeader: string, selectedFormat: string) {
+	export function detectFormat(columnData: Array<string | number | null>, currentColumnHeader: string): ColumnFormat {
 		console.log('Checking column format for:', currentColumnHeader);
 		// Reset detected format for new column
-		selectedFormat = 'string';
+		let selectedFormat: ColumnFormat = 'string';
 		// Get first 3 non-empty values
 		const sampleValues = columnData
 			.filter((val: string | number | null) => val !== null && val !== '')
@@ -67,19 +112,13 @@
 
 		// If majority format
 		if (dateCount >= Math.ceil(sampleValues.length / 2)) {
-			if (selectedFormat !== 'date') {
-				// console.log(`Setting format to 'date' (${dateCount}/${sampleValues.length} dates)`);
 				selectedFormat = 'date';
-			}
 		} else if (numberCount >= Math.ceil(sampleValues.length / 2)) {
-			if (selectedFormat !== 'number') {
-				// console.log(`Setting format to 'number' (${numberCount}/${sampleValues.length} numbers)`);
 				selectedFormat = 'number';
-			}
 		} else {
 			console.log(
 				`No majority format - keeping as '${selectedFormat}' (${numberCount} numbers, ${dateCount} dates)`
 			);
 		}
 		return selectedFormat;
-	};
\ No newline at end of file
+	};
diff --git a/src/lib/transferComponents/newTableData.svelte b/src/lib/transferComponents/newTableData.svelte
index d3db5788..8a2bc49c 100644
--- a/src/lib/transferComponents/newTableData.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/transferComponents/newTableData.svelte
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 	import type { ColumnRep } from '$lib/types/columnModel';
 	import FormatSelectorComponent from './FormatSelectorComponent.svelte';
 	import { importedData } from '$lib/transferComponents/modelState.svelte';
-	
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+	import {formatValue} from "./newFormatDetection.svelte";
+
+=======
+	import {formatValue} from './newFormatDetection.svelte'
+>>>>>>> 9d97b0f (Introduce some reactivity and state modifications.)
 	let columnFormats = $state<Record<string, string>>({});
 
 	// Number formatting function
@@ -27,18 +32,18 @@
 	// then run detection and formatting for that type on the columnRep
 
 	// Whenever select dropdown changes, this updates. Handle format changes
-	export function formatEvent(
+	export function formatEvent(column: ColumnRep,
 		event: CustomEvent<{ destinationFormat: string; headerName: string }>
 	) {
 		// this is dropdown value user chose.
-		const selectedFormat = event.detail.destinationFormat;
+		const selectedFormat = event.detail.destinationFormat as 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps';
 		console.log(`Called from format event from table: ${selectedFormat}`);
 		// Update column format in state
 		// might be better to update main model
+		column.type = selectedFormat;
 		columnFormats[event.detail.headerName] = selectedFormat;
 		console.log('calling column formats', columnFormats);
 	}
-
 </script>
 
 {#if importedData.columns.length > 0}
@@ -47,9 +52,9 @@
 			{#each importedData.columns as column}
 				<FormatSelectorComponent
 					columnData={getColumnData(column)}
-					currentFormat={columnFormats[column.headerName] || 'string'}
+					currentFormat={column.type}
 					currentColumnHeader={column.headerName}
-					onformatchange={formatEvent}
+					onformatchange={(event) => formatEvent(column, event)}
 				/>
 			{/each}
 		</div>
@@ -66,10 +71,7 @@
 					<tr>
 						{#each importedData.columns as column, columnIndex}
 							<td>
-								{columnFormats[column.headerName] === 'number' &&
-								typeof column.values[rowIndex] === 'number'
-									? numberFormat(column.values[rowIndex] as number)
-									: (column.values[rowIndex] ?? '')}
+								{formatValue(column.type, column.values[rowIndex])}
 							</td>
 						{/each}
 					</tr>
diff --git a/src/lib/transferComponents/transferCSVImporter.svelte b/src/lib/transferComponents/transferCSVImporter.svelte
index ab898839..a590f226 100644
--- a/src/lib/transferComponents/transferCSVImporter.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/transferComponents/transferCSVImporter.svelte
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- 
+<!--
   Svelte 5 $dispatch documentation reference:
   https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/v5-migration-guide#Event-changes-Component-events
 Components should accept callback props - which means you then pass functions as properties to these components
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Components should accept callback props - which means you then pass functions as
 	import Papa from 'papaparse';
 	import type { ColumnRep } from '$lib/types/columnModel';
 	import { BaseColumnModel } from '$lib/types/columnModel';
+	import { detectFormat } from '$lib/transferComponents/newFormatDetection.svelte'
 
 	const { onprocessed } = $props<{
 		onprocessed: (data: ColumnRep[]) => void;
@@ -80,7 +81,13 @@ Components should accept callback props - which means you then pass functions as
 						values
 					};
 				});
+				//  3 Apr 2025 9:03 AM TO DO: here loop through columnData and call detectFormat for each column
+				// then update currentFormat and type. -> update those types.
 				// Before the onprocessed call
+				for (let i = 0; i < columnData.length; ++i) {
+					const detectedFormat = detectFormat(columnData[i].values, columnData[i].headerName);
+					columnData[i].type = detectedFormat;
+				}
 				console.log('Dispatching processed data:', columnData);
 				onprocessed?.(columnData);
 				// Dispatch the transformed data
diff --git a/src/lib/types/columnModel.ts b/src/lib/types/columnModel.ts
index 374da848..46431b86 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/columnModel.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/columnModel.ts
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@ export interface ColumnDef {
 	};
 }
 
+export type ColumnFormat = 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps';
 export interface ColumnRep extends ColumnDef {
 	/** The column name/header from the imported data */
 	headerName: string;
-	type: 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps';
+	type: ColumnFormat;
 	/** The actual data values for this column */
 	values: Array<string | number | null>;
 	/** Optional validation errors by row index */
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ export class BaseColumnModel implements ColumnDef {
 	isMerged?: boolean;
 	mergedFrom?: string[];
 	isGpsSource?: boolean;
-	type: 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps' = 'string';
-	currentFormat: 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps' = 'string';
+	type: ColumnFormat = 'string';
+	currentFormat: ColumnFormat = 'string';
 	selectFormatCoercion?: selectFormatCoercion;
 	cellValidation?: CellValidationState[];
 	dbMapping?: {
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ export class BaseColumnModel implements ColumnDef {
 		this.isMapped = false;
 		this.isFormatted = false;
 	}
-	changeFormat(newType: 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps', changedBy: 'auto' | 'user' = 'user') {
+	changeFormat(newType: ColumnFormat, changedBy: 'auto' | 'user' = 'user') {
 		if (this.type !== newType) {
 		  this.selectFormatCoercion = {
 			originalFormat: this.type,
@@ -112,8 +113,8 @@ export class BaseColumnModel implements ColumnDef {
 }
 
 interface selectFormatCoercion {
-	originalFormat: 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps';
-	coercedFormat: 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps';
+	originalFormat: ColumnFormat;
+	coercedFormat: ColumnFormat;
 	timestamp: Date;
 	changedBy: 'auto' | 'user';
 	userSelected: boolean; // Add this to track manual selections
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ export class NumberColumnModel extends BaseColumnModel implements NumberColumn {
 		precision?: number;
 		useThousandsSeparator?: boolean;
 	};
-	currentFormat: 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps' = 'number';
+	currentFormat: ColumnFormat = 'number';
 	validation?: {
 		min?: number;
 		max?: number;
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ export class DateColumnModel extends BaseColumnModel implements DateColumn {
 	format?: {
 		dateFormat?: string;
 	};
-	currentFormat: 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps' = 'date';
+	currentFormat: ColumnFormat = 'date';
 
 	constructor(headerName: string, dateFormat?: string) {
 		super(headerName);
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ export class GpsColumnModel extends BaseColumnModel implements GpsColumn {
 		gpsFormat?: 'DMS' | 'DD';
 		precision?: number;
 	};
-	currentFormat: 'string' | 'number' | 'date' | 'gps' = 'gps';
+	currentFormat: ColumnFormat = 'gps';
 
 	constructor(name: string, gpsFormat: 'DMS' | 'DD' = 'DD', precision: number = 7) {
 		super(name);