To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=85361 Issue #|85361 Summary|Calc:edit bar formats dates incorrectly Component|Spreadsheet Version|OOo 2.3.1 Platform|All URL| OS/Version|Linux Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|formatting Assigned to|spreadsheet Reported by|dotancohen
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 18 12:45:49 +0000 2008 ------- Calc does not respect the locale's LC_TIME setting for date formatting in the edit bar. Dates are always formatted MM/DD/YYYY regardless of locale. In this example, I use locale "en_DK.utf8" which has the date format YYYY/MM/DD. $ locale LANG=en_DK.utf8 LANGUAGE=en_DK.utf8 LC_CTYPE="en_DK.utf8" LC_NUMERIC="en_DK.utf8" LC_TIME="en_DK.utf8" LC_COLLATE="en_DK.utf8" LC_MONETARY="en_DK.utf8" LC_MESSAGES="en_DK.utf8" LC_PAPER="en_DK.utf8" LC_NAME="en_DK.utf8" LC_ADDRESS="en_DK.utf8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_DK.utf8" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_DK.utf8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_DK.utf8" LC_ALL=en_DK.utf8 $ openoffice.org2.3 -calc Now, I select column A -> Format Cells -> Numbers -> Category -> Date -> Format -> 1999-12-31. I now enter "2008-1-16" into cell A1 and hit enter. The cursor moves to cell A2 and I see "2008-01-16" in cell A1. So far so good. Now, I click on cell A1. The cell still says "2008-01-16" however the input line reads "01/16/2008". The edit bar should format dates as they are formatted for display in the cell. Failing that, it should display in the locale's preferred format. Note: the problem _may_ be that Gnome's date format is not configured properly. I use KDE on Ubuntu, with Gnome installed as the default desktop. However, due to a poorly written ATI driver I cannot open Gnome and change the setting. Googling and locating has not led me to discover which config file I should edit in VI to change this setting. In any case, Gnome's setting should _not_ be the deciding factor in which date format to use. Not everyone uses Gnome, and that is specifically what LC_TIME is for. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
