Excel comma seperated .csv files save as semicolon seperated

Hi
I work with excel 360 student version danish and i'm trying to convert an siemens .xmls generated file to an .csv comma seperated file but excel save it as an semi colon though it's written in help file it should save it as an comma seperated file.
Any solution on that what i would call a bug thats been there for over a year?

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