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Is this a date?

2020-11-23 18:24:15.68793+01 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

Also via Shadow: RT slate @PleaseBeGneiss

excel: is that a date?

me: 57.39 is very much not a date

excel: strong date vibes to me

me: h-how

excel: fixed it

me: 57/39/2020?

excel: you’re welcome

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#Comment Re: Is this a date? made: 2020-11-29 04:27:26.92152+01 by: meuon [edit history]

I'v helped un-F multiple spreadsheets because of the way Excel deals with dates and my excel export code has lots of exceptions to deal with. Like it thinks 1900 is a leap year. It also munges leading zero's.. and.. and..

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