Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot Change Date Format in Calc

On 03/17/2014 04:30 PM, Budgie wrote:
> I have an .ods file and a column with dates in it resists all my 
> attempts to change the format.  The column was created when I opened a 
> .csv file in Calc and the dates were shown as, for example, 12 Feb 2014.
> At some time during the editing of this file the dates became shown as 
> 12-Feb-14 but I have not intended this change.  What I want is date in 
> DD/MM/YYYY format.  I can highlight the column and try and format it 
> but nothing changes.  Am I doing something wrong here?
> Budgie
Budgie

Try using FORMAT >> CELLS >> Numbers then select Date then select date 
format. This works for me when I want to clean csv file date imports.

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Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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