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Re: [office-formula] CONVERT - use 'h' and 'HP' for horsepower(per Excel, and NOT per Ecma)

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David A. Wheeler <>
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2007-02-08T19:03:55+00:00
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Re: [office-formula] CONVERT - use 'h' and 'HP' for horsepower(per Excel, and NOT per Ecma)
Eike Rathke:
> Ecma says uppercase 'H' or lowercase 'hp' for horsepower. Both are not
> accepted by Excel 2003, but lowercase 'h' and uppercase 'HP' are.

I've just received an email confirming that Excel 2007 does the same thing as Excel 2003.

I don't believe for a minute that the Ecma spec is correct.  That would make any existing spreadsheet using the Excel names to become invalid.  Since Ecma is basically a spec of "whatever Excel does", I would continue to use the historical 'h' and 'HP'.

--- David A. Wheeler
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