Ten years ago I found a comment in Excel's code base preceding a function over 1000 lines long that seemed to be parsing dates: // I just cleaned up the code

Ten years ago I found a comment in Excel's code base preceding a function over 1000 lines long that seemed to be parsing dates: // I just cleaned up the code. I have no idea what this fn does. Here is // what the comment said earlier for your reference! // --> BUG!! - this code is a crime against nature and has absolutely no // --> redeeming value (other than the amazing fact that it works)