Re: [libreoffice-users] Base date entry less flexible

Greetings,
I am sorry, I wasn't specific enough.  The part about date formats was 
for background information to the real problem.  My focus should have 
been on the Base error reporting, not the date formats.  I am adjusting 
to using slashes instead of dashes.  That isn't a big problem for me.  
The point I was trying to make was that when I forget and use dashes, 
this particular error message was not very informative and I, for one, 
would like to see more diagnostic information in the Java exception 
error dialog so I could determine what the problem is.  Since posting 
this message, I have given it some thought and now believe the problem 
may not be with Base so much as with Java not reporting more 
information.  Not knowing the inner workings of both Base and Java, not 
to mention the Connector/driver, I cannot tell where the error message 
problem may be.
Thanks for the response.
Girvin Herr



rost52 wrote:
> In Calc I always enter in format yy/mm/dd and it appears in the format 
> of the cell, so far for every format I have d used. In the Calc cells 
> I never use yy/mm/dd format.
>
>
> On 2012-12-30 9:46, Dan Lewis wrote:
> > On 12/29/2012 03:28 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > > I noted that after I updated LO from 3.5.7 to 3.6.4, the Base date 
> > > entry format flexibility has changed.  With a 3.5.7 (and before) 
> > > Base form, I could enter 12-29-12 and it would be changed to 
> > > 12/29/12.  With 3.6.4, entering 12-29-12 will result in a strange 
> > > date, as if it were interpreting the dashes as a formula and maybe 
> > > subtracting the numbers.  Okay, I could live with that because it 
> > > was apparent that the date was incorrect. But now I see this is 
> > > resulting in a Java error when I accidentally use dashes and try to 
> > > save the record.  I get "Java.lang.IllegalArgumentException" 
> > > errors.  Even that could be worked around, if the error message had 
> > > any diagnostics, such as the offending date.  However, this is all I 
> > > get.  No SQL.  No indication as to what the problem really is.  I 
> > > got a clue by doing a web search and found a similar error with 
> > > dates and put two-and-two together to determine the real cause.  I 
> > > guess my complaint is that between 3.5 and 3.6, the error messages 
> > > stopped putting diagnostic data into the message. Has anyone else 
> > > seen this "feature"?
> > > Is there an option somewhere to add the diagnostics to error messages?
> > >
> > > Note that I tried entering 12-29-12 into a Calc date cell where the 
> > > format was "MM/DD/YY" and it kept the dashes.
> > > Girvin Herr
> >      If you are going to use a date format with hyphens, perhaps 
> > learning to use this format: YYYY-MM-DD. This is recognized by both 
> > Base and Calc. (Probably by most databases and spreadsheets.
> >
> > --Dan

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