In the section "Advantages of Alternative Date Formatting"
http://www.datacarpentry.org/spreadsheet-ecology-lesson/03-dates-as-data/
The narrative alludes to someone taking samples in the future (Due to date as integer issues) when the sample is dated as from 2017 - clearly as we are now in 2018 this no longer works.
A quick and simple fix would be to extend the table with the last entry + 5x365 i.e. dating the sample as from 2022.
Mark Fernandes (mfernandes61(a)gmail.com) raised as part of my Instructor Checkout
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In the section "Advantages of Alternative Date Formatting" http://www.datacarpentry.org/spreadsheet-ecology-lesson/03-dates-as-data/ The narrative alludes to someone taking samples in the future (Due to date as integer issues) when the sample is dated as from 2017 - clearly as we are now in 2018 this no longer works. A quick and simple fix would be to extend the table with the last entry + 5x365 i.e. dating the sample as from 2022. Mark Fernandes (mfernandes61(a)gmail.com) raised as part of my Instructor Checkout
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