Excel Says It’s January 2nd

Optimists says that the glass is half full Pessimists says that the glass is half empty Excel says that the glass is January 2nd

A humorous text meme contrasts how optimists and pessimists interpret a half-full glass, while Excel interprets it as January 2nd. The punchline references spreadsheet date formatting, where a fraction or number can unexpectedly appear as a calendar date. It is used as a reaction to Excel behaving confusingly or turning data into dates.

• @gentoomemes / 5716 2023-08-08