Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misreading them as dates

Re:Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misre... by javier123454321 on Thursday August 06, 2020 @12:23PM (#24072464)

Honestly though, dates make more sense being month first, that way if you are trying to discover which one comes first, 10th of february or 10th of january, you only have to go to the first parameter in format 01/10 vs 02/10 instead of 10/01, 10/02. Logically, the most broad data item should go first.

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Re:Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misre... by RugnirViking on Thursday August 06, 2020 @02:23PM (#24073889)

Which is why most systems are yyyy/mm/DD when this matters

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Re:Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misre... by knorker on Thursday August 06, 2020 @06:26PM (#24076089)

When does it matter to have month and day, but not year? Like the one time is for birthdays. The web is full of articles exactly dated with old day and month, neglecting year.

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