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updating the link for Microsoft's explanation of Excel's date systems

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Issue reported states that link explaining the 1900 date system is broken. I located the correct link, morskyjezek agrees it is the correct link. This pull request updates the link in the lesson to the new link.

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@kylamj kylamj merged commit 809212c into main Sep 18, 2025
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Update 03-dates-as-data.md to update link to Microsoft's explanation of Excel dates
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Update 03-dates-as-data.md to update link to Microsoft's explanation of Excel dates
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Update 03-dates-as-data.md to update link to Microsoft's explanation of Excel dates
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Update 03-dates-as-data.md to update link to Microsoft's explanation of Excel dates
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Update 03-dates-as-data.md to update link to Microsoft's explanation of Excel dates
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