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There's a 40-year-old bug in every copy of Excel and Microsoft says it will never fix it - MakeUseOf

Published by MakeUseOf By Amir Bohlooli · 1 August 2026 at 20:30
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There's a 40-year-old bug in every copy of Excel and Microsoft says it will never fix it - MakeUseOf
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Microsoft Excel has been wrong about the same date for 40 years, and that's by design.

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