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Hi :)
So that's a yes.  The under-laying data remains unchanged so the format just 
displays it differently.  

Regards from
Tom :)




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From: planas <jslozier@gmail.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Tue, 26 July, 2011 22:48:50
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc. Changing format of data types

Steve

On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 09:16 +1200, Steve Edmonds wrote:

If I have a string in a cell, say 30/08/2011 and the format is general 
(I don't know what types the data) can this be changed to a date data 
type without having to re-enter all my data.
steve


You can change the data type without re-entering. If the format chosen
incorrect, say you entered mm/dd/yyyy and the format selected was
dd/mm/yyyy it may not correctly understand the alternate format. Dates
formats are controlled by the local formating rules; US normally uses
mm/dd/yyyy while most others use dd/mm/yyyy.

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Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com

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