{"id":31125,"date":"2022-08-05T09:49:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T09:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/microsoft-is-finally-fixing-excels-data-conversion-problem\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T09:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T09:49:17","slug":"microsoft-is-finally-fixing-excels-data-conversion-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/lifestyle\/microsoft-is-finally-fixing-excels-data-conversion-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Is Finally Fixing Excel\u2019s Data Conversion Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Excel can automatically detect dates, times, currencies, and more from text and convert them into a parsed format for use in formulas. However, Excel often gets conversions wrong, especially when it comes to dates, which Microsoft is now working to address. 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