Incorrect Excel date 1900 is not a leap year 1/1/1901 < 367
Excel has a general format for a date default to number of days since
1/1/1900. This is helpful in determining date differences. The only issue is that Excel recognized 1/1/1900 as a leap year. If 1/1/1900 is subtracted from 1/1/1901, the answer should be 365 days, but Excel yields 366. Excel also recognized 02/29/1900 as a valid date, but this date does not exist, hence there should only be 365 days in 1900. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc |
Incorrect Excel date 1900 is not a leap year 1/1/1901 < 367
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Incorrect Excel date 1900 is not a leap year 1/1/1901 < 367
This is a well-known, although intentional, "flaw" in the date system that
Excel uses. See this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/214326/en-us HTH, Elkar "faijaimond" wrote: Excel has a general format for a date default to number of days since 1/1/1900. This is helpful in determining date differences. The only issue is that Excel recognized 1/1/1900 as a leap year. If 1/1/1900 is subtracted from 1/1/1901, the answer should be 365 days, but Excel yields 366. Excel also recognized 02/29/1900 as a valid date, but this date does not exist, hence there should only be 365 days in 1900. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc |
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