396

Microsoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific data(www.theverge.com)

posted
by
Avatar
misk@sopuli.xyz
in
Avatar
technology@lemmy.world
90 comments
hidereport
Sort:
HotTopControversialNewOld
You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
Avatar
Etterra@lemmy.world
1 point

MM/DD/YYYY is the correct format here in America.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
9 points

I think the point was that the format itself is odd. I am European and it’s weird to me: logically it should be either from greatest to smallest, or from smallest to greatest, not a weird in-between.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
3 points

Logically it would be milliseconds since 1970.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
macrocephalic@lemmy.world
1 point

Not very good for birthdates.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Technology

!technology@lemmy.world

Create post

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

Community stats

  • 16K

    Monthly active users

  • 12K

    Posts

  • 553K

    Comments

Community moderators