pyExcelerator question - dates map to floats?

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    John> Check out my "xlrd" package.
    John> http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.5.2

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John,

Thank you.  I wasn't aware of it.  I'd seen mention of pyExcelerator a few
times recently.  All I need is to read Excel spreadsheets anyway.  I will
check it out.

I'm up for reading a good rant. ;-)

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