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The OOXML Date Bug
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Published:
Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:16:43 -0300
Published:
16 Mar 2008
Published:
10:16 am
Categories: OpenDocument Format
This is an example of an old Excel bug that was transported to OOXML for “compatibility” reasons.
In new OOXML, there are several non-standard ways to represent dates. The main one is this, that requires that 1900 is a leap year contradicting the Gregorian calendar, used for centuries now.
Putz, minhas finanças pessoais para a semana final de fevereiro de 1900 vão ficar totalmente quebradas! Joguem fora o OOXML!
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/06/16.html
Guilherme, isso só mostra de forma rápida e clara como um ítem básico e óbvio foi mal desenhado no OOXML.
Se há problemas aí, imagine o que se passa em detalhes mais complexos e importantes.
Why wasn’t the German proposal taken into consideration?
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