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On Jan 17, 2025 at 10:08:17 AM EST, "Farley Fucktard"
<fsquared@fsquared.linux> made a fool of himself.  Again.:

> Wanna good laugh?
> 
> Fire up Microcrap Excel.  Open a blank workbook and format
> a cell as "Date."  (Accept the default display format.)
> 
> Now in that same cell enter "60."
> 
> What do you see?  Answer: “February 29, 1900” (or whatever
> display format you have chosen).
> 
> The problem is that Feb 29, 1900 does not exist!
> 
> The year 1900 is not a leap year!

As usual, Farley Fucktard is behind the times.  This is a known issue AND it
was designed this way for a reason AND changing it now would break many
things.

<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/excel/wrongly-assumes-1900-is-leap-year>

Maybe if you read and learn FIRST, you would stop making a fool of yourself. 

But then, if you stopped making such a fucking fool of yourself, we would have
no one here to make fun of.