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On Jan 17, 2025 at 6:52:37 PM EST, "Lawrence D'Oliveiro" <ldo@nz.invalid>
wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:37:45 +0000, Tyrone wrote:
> 
>> BTW, since LO does not follow this standard (as weird as it is), this is
>> probably yet another reason why businesses don't use it.
> 
> Imagine that: businesses avoiding using a product because it doesn’t lie
> to them. And here I thought the successful businesses were the ones who
> were most adept at recognizing reality and dealing with it?

Imagine that: Businesses use a product that gives them the results they are
looking for, without changing their existing code.

Like it or not, that's how businesses work.  No one is interested in a
"better" product - even when it is "free" - if they have to waste time
changing code that has been working for decades.

Successful businesses realize what is best for the business TODAY. Very few
businesses need to worry about dates 125 years ago. And if they do, they would
have coded around this issue 40 years ago in Lotus 1-2-3. Which still works
TODAY in Excel.

Going forward - which is what everyone does - the dates are correct. And that
is all that matters.