Dan wrote:
Let me see: open Calc in LO 3.6.0.2 and format a column selecting
the Category as Date and the Language as English(UK). It does not seem
to matter what is selected as the Format. (I selected 31/12/99.) Enter
20-7 in a cell. It becomes 20/7/12. When 20/7 is entered in a cell of
the column, 20/7/12 is the result.
It is a matter of formatting the column, cell, or row for the type
of data to be placed in the sheet. With the correct format
[English(USA)], I can enter 20-7 in a cell, and it will become Saturday,
July 20,2012 or Saturday, 20 July 2012 depending upon what format I use.
(The last one would require selecting User-defined Category and the
appropriate entries in the Format code box.)
Ah yes, the "weird" USA way. While I had the Format dialog open
with UK as the Language, I noticed something in the list of Format
examples: MM-DD! If it should be DD/MM/YY, then why should it also be
MM/DD? OK so the USA way is weird, but then so is the British. Check it
out. Chuckle, Chuckle! (From where this is located in the Format
example list, I think I know why it is this way. (ISO 8601) But I could
not resist replying to Tom's comment.
--Dan
Sorry folks, but this is too good to be kept a "secret." Source: Wikipedia, article: Calendar Date. Here is a quote from it:
"This sequence is used primarily in the United States, partially in Canada, and a few other countries[citation needed]. This date format was commonly used alongside the small endian form in the United Kingdom until the early 20th Century, and can be found in both defunct and modern print media such as the London Gazette and The Times, respectively. In the UK, it would be verbally expressed as Sunday, November the 9th, whereas in the United States, it is usually Sunday, November 9th, although usage of "the" isn't uncommon."
So now we know where the USA got its weird format for dates: from the UK! Particularly from London England.
Oh happy day! Big Smile!
--Dan
Tom Davies wrote:Hi :) I thought the USA way was the amazingly weird mm/dd/yy Apparently it's important to use / instead of - in order to make sure it's easier to mis-read. With some people's handwriting an 11 might look like 1/ or vice-versa. Regards from Tom :) --- On Mon, 23/7/12, Joep L. Blom <jlblom@neuroweave.nl> wrote: From: Joep L. Blom <jlblom@neuroweave.nl> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibO 3.6.0.2 - Calc: date notation To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: "Andreas Säger" <villeroy@t-online.de> Date: Monday, 23 July, 2012, 22:18 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). Joep
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