On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 09:17:12PM +1000, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 08:56:54AM +0200, Radovan Garabik wrote:
> > > > > > GNUmeric doesn't display the date in this format (it is up to the user > > > to pick what format is used), BUT it does require entering dates in > > > MM/DD/YYYY format. > > > > > > - unless of course you have changed the locale... > > > > I would file a bug against gnumeric in this case. > > This is broken behaviour. Does in behave the same > > when you import data from text file? Then it > > is even more broken. > > Does that mean it should always take a certain format irrespective of the > locale? If so, which format? > It should reject commonly used ambiguous formats (such as NN/NN/NN, NN/NN/NNNN), or at least warn if something like this is entered. This should ideally be configurable, but rejecting should be the default (and independent on locale). -- ----------------------------------------------------------- | Radovan Garabik http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/ | | __..--^^^--..__ garabik @ melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk | ----------------------------------------------------------- Antivirus alert: file .signature infected by signature virus. Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature file to help me spread!
