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

On 07/23/2012 05:18 PM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> On 23-07-12 21:02, Andreas Säger wrote:
> > Am 23.07.2012 14:44, 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?
> >
> > This is just another anti-feature that has been added to Calc against
> > all reason simply because too many inexperienced users who never really
> > used any spreadsheets insisted loudly enough.
> > I will upgrade my LibreOffice 3.5 to ApacheOpenOffice 3.4.1.
> I resent the US way of ISO 8601. We Dutch and other Europeans use the 
> more logical sequence of day-month-year instead of the illogical 
> year-month-day.(most important first, least important last: very often 
> the year can be missed).
The standard US date convention is even less logical than ymd or dmy it 
is mdy. Ymd and dmy both have a progression that makes sense. I live in 
the US.
> Joep


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