def get_values(worksheet, start_row=1):
    """
    Get the values stored in the cells from the second row onwards. Returns a list of each row of the worksheet as a list
    i.e. [ [row2_col1_value, row2_col2_value, ... ], [row3_col1_value, ... ], ... ]. Cells that contain a datetime object
    as the value will be converted into string object with the 'mm/dd/yy' format.
    """
    values = list()
    for row in worksheet.iter_rows(min_row=2):
        db_row = list()
        for cell in row:
            if cell.is_date:
                db_row.append(cell.value.strftime('%x'))
            elif cell.data_type == cell.TYPE_STRING:
                db_row.append(cell.value.strip().replace('\'', '\'\''))
            else:
                db_row.append(cell.value)
        values.append(db_row)
    return values