Re: [libreoffice-users] Make field time format HH:MM instead of HH:MM:SS

On 01/05/20 11:31 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> Den fre 1 maj 2020 kl 18:11 skrev Ken Heard <kenslists@teksavvy.com>:
>
> > On 01/05/20 06:21 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> > > Den fre 1 maj 2020 kl 12:27 skrev Ken Heard <kenslists@teksavvy.com>:
> > >
> > > > How does one make the default time format for the 'time' field HH:MM
> > > > instead of HH:MM:SS?
> > >
> > > In Writer?
> >
> > Yes
> >
> > > Right click the field and click ”Edit Fields…”.
> > > Select the format you want, I believe the first one is the one you are
> > > looking for. If it's not in the list, click ”Additional Formats…” and in
> > > the new dialogue that opens you can set your field to whatever format you
> > > like.
> >
> > I followed your instructions, but as far as I can see they will only
> > change the format of the time field for that use of the field, What I
> > want to do is to change the *default* of the time field to HH:MM from
> > HH:MM:SS.
> >
> > Regards, Ken Heard
>
> Have a look here then:
> https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/158048/how-do-i-change-the-default-datetime-format/
>
> I'll quote the important part, in case that page is removed at some point:
> ”*The default formats (date/time, currency, fixed/scientific/percent; in
> long/medium/short variants where applicable) depend on cell/field/...
> language, and are hardcoded in the corresponding locale data (see
> i18npool/source/localedata/data
> <https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/i18npool/source/localedata/data/>
> for the locale data definitions). They are not configurable (unless you
> rebuild LibreOffice).*
>
> *You may want to create a macro to automate insertion of fields with
> desired format; please see this question
> <https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/136467/how-to-create-a-macro-to-insert-the-current-date-in-the-current-language/>
> for details.*”

Thank you Johnny for this information.  So I now have really two 
options,  One is to learn all about LibreOffice macros and create a 
macro to give the result I want, OR simply type in the time wherever I 
want it.  While I do want sometime to learn all about macros, for the 
time being I will choose the second option!

Regards, Ken Heard

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