misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific datawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down19cross-posted to: technews@radiation.partymicrosoft@lemdro.idtechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-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.
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.