Philip Newton writes: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:43, Mads Ruben Rennemo <madsru...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Where the HELL did 42853 come from anyways? > > Honest question? (Fractional) days since the Excel epoch IIRC.
Normally, yes, except (with day 1 of the Excel epoch being 1/1/1900) day 42853 would be in April 2017 instead of being August 16 of any year. Possibly the exact value is due to some particularly hateful combination of unobvious behaviors. Michael Poole
