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:MM/DD/YY, with leading zeros omitted, and no I don't know why, but I suggest Google Books Ngrams might have a clue as to when that abomination started. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.61|172.69.22.61]] 12:03, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | :MM/DD/YY, with leading zeros omitted, and no I don't know why, but I suggest Google Books Ngrams might have a clue as to when that abomination started. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.61|172.69.22.61]] 12:03, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | ||
::Not necessarily with pairs of the slash '/' _ . . _ . but also hyphens '-' _ . . . . _ and periods '.' . _ . _ . _ were used as delimiters in MM?DD?YY, which if I remember right dates to the 1500s when accounting ledgers were invented. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.207.8|172.70.207.8]] 12:10, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | ::Not necessarily with pairs of the slash '/' _ . . _ . but also hyphens '-' _ . . . . _ and periods '.' . _ . _ . _ were used as delimiters in MM?DD?YY, which if I remember right dates to the 1500s when accounting ledgers were invented. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.207.8|172.70.207.8]] 12:10, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | ||
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+ | Just putting 2009-11-10 here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33119937 [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.161|172.69.22.161]] 12:28, 24 September 2022 (UTC) |
Revision as of 12:28, 24 September 2022
Source for the Excel/Lotus 123 relation with Dec 30th, 1899: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/f1eef5fe-ef5e-4ab6-9d92-0998d3fa6e14/what-is-story-behind-december-30-1899-as-base-date?forum=accessdev Victor (talk) 08:14, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
I feel this one. My birthday happens to be within 24 hours of 1970-01-01, so I keep getting caught off guard for a moment whenever I see my birthday showing up in one of these contexts. -- KarMann (talk) 08:35, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
We're going to need the date stamp format for 1890 ticker tape for this one. Anyone? 172.70.214.183 11:59, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- MM/DD/YY, with leading zeros omitted, and no I don't know why, but I suggest Google Books Ngrams might have a clue as to when that abomination started. 172.69.22.61 12:03, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- Not necessarily with pairs of the slash '/' _ . . _ . but also hyphens '-' _ . . . . _ and periods '.' . _ . _ . _ were used as delimiters in MM?DD?YY, which if I remember right dates to the 1500s when accounting ledgers were invented. 172.70.207.8 12:10, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
Just putting 2009-11-10 here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33119937 172.69.22.161 12:28, 24 September 2022 (UTC)