[libreoffice-users] Re: converting txt to dates

Am 21.04.2015 um 22:44 schrieb Joel Madero:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Cor Nouws <oolst@nouenoff.nl> wrote:
>
> > bhaumikdave wrote on 13-04-15 08:58:
> >
> > > Done. Now Excel will recognize it as date and will allow you to format
> > cells
> > > any date format as you wish.
> >
> > No idea what Excel does or not or what proper date handling would be
> > most ideal.
> > You may try this one however ;)
> >
> >
> > http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/ct2n-convert-text-to-number-and-dates
>
> I think we should make this an easy hack to get it into core. The question
> comes up relatively frequently and many times people are just confused as
> to why numbers/dates aren't showing up right.
>
> Cor - your thoughts since you developed the extension?
>
>
> Best,
> Joel


You can't push dirty Basic hacks into the core.

The extension may convert text into wrong values or nothing at all for
the same reasons I've outlined.

13/5/2015 <--> 5/13/2015 <--> 13. Mai 2015
1.234 <--> 1,234




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