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Re:A love letter to the CSV format by xnx on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @07:34PM (#43488761)
Excel dropping leading zeros (as in ZIP codes) was a crazy design decision that has certainly cost many lifetimes of person-hours.
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Re:A love letter to the CSV format by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday March 27, 2025 @03:24AM (#43491177)
And forcing 16+ digits to be floats, destroying information.
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Re:A love letter to the CSV format by freehorse on Thursday March 27, 2025 @12:59PM (#43495553)
Yeah have had similar struggles with social security numbers.
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