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[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

My bank started using Quickbooks file format if I want to download a transaction history in a specific date range, what a fucking nightmare. It's not abandoned yet but nothing except the QuickBooks proprietary software seems to open them so far, only a matter of time. Honestly at this point I might prefer the nightmarish CSV filetype.

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Csv are easy to open in any spreadsheet software. You can even copy/paste it straight into some of them, e.g. LibreOffice Calc

[–] Stretch2m@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Beware opening CSV in Excel. You will lose all your leading zeroes, among other "helpful" edits. Sometimes the leading zeroes are there for a reason!

[–] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Newest update to excel asks before applying default formatting and type conversion just as an FYI.

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