misk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific datawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1399arrow-down18cross-posted to: microsoft@lemdro.id
arrow-up1391arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific datawww.theverge.commisk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square86fedilinkcross-posted to: microsoft@lemdro.id
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down6·1 year agoMM/DD/YYYY is the correct format here in America.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agoI 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.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoLogically it would be milliseconds since 1970.
minus-squaremacrocephalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNot very good for birthdates.
MM/DD/YYYY is the correct format here in America.
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.
Logically it would be milliseconds since 1970.
Not very good for birthdates.