Re: [libreoffice-users] LibO 3.6.0.2 - Calc: date notation

Guy Voets wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> A LibO spreadsheet, made in LibO, Dutch version (no Excel or OOo past).
>
>     - In LibO 3.5.5, I used to give in dates as 20-7 and they were shown as
>     20 Jul 12.
>     - In LibO 3.6.0.2, if I enter 20-7, 20-7 is shown in the cell.
>
> If I enter 20-7-12, the date is inverted into 12 Jul 2020.
> So instead of entering 20-7, I now need to enter 12-7-20 to get the desired
> notation 20 Jul 12.
>
> Is this a new feature, or a bug?

     I just downloaded LO 3.6.2 and installed it. Then I opened Calc. I also entered 20-7 
in a cell and got 20-7. It seems that Calc considered that to be text because the window to 
the right of the = was showing '20-7.
     Then I right clicked a column and formatted it using Dutch (Netherlands) as the 
local. I also selected 31 dec 99 from the format list. Then when I entered 20-7 I got 20 
jul 2012. 14-7 gave me 14 jul 2012.
     It may be a new "feature" in that you have to format cells, rows, or columns for the 
type of formatting you want in them.

--Dan

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