[sidpatil]

> CSV itself is not standardized

Actually, CSV is formalized in RFC 4180. Adherence to that spec is another story, of course. :-)

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4180

[Akronymus]

Over here commas are used to denote decimals. So MS decided to helpfully use the semicolon as a separator for csv files if your locale is set to german. Rather than wrapping the values in quotes. It's a PITA