Re: [LegacyUG] Tip of the Day

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:50:22 -0700

Yes Open Office does a better job,

I was just saying how to make it better in Excel if you don't want to also install Open Office.

Cathy

Tuesday, 13 June 2017 10:27 PM

Even if you do that, you will see weird stuff in your columns (aside from the prefixes).  It just isn’t a 100% good thing.  Open Office does a much better job and has no problem with pre-1901 dates.  I use Excel for everything else but this.

 

 

 

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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:25 PM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tip of the Day

 

If you are going to be using Excel, the easiest work around for the date issue is to change the date format in Legacy at Options - Customise 5.1 to yyyy-mm-dd and then make the Date columns in Excel Number or Text rather than Date.
You still have problems with the prefixes.

Cathy

Michele/Support wrote:

Tuesday, 13 June 2017 10:25 AM
If you are going to be using Excel, the easiest work around for the date issue is to change the date format in Legacy at Options - Customise 5.1 to yyyy-mm-dd and then make the Date columns in Excel Number or Text rather than Date.
You still have problems with the prefixes.

Cathy

Michele/Support wrote:
Tuesday, 13 June 2017 12:40 AM
If you are able to sort dates correctly in Excel then you are using a
workaround/add on. You have to use a workaround and most of these are too
advanced for the average user. I tested this again recently using Excel 365
which is their most updated version. I could not sort the dates and the
dates were all mangled.




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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Pete Beatty
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:36 AM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tip of the Day

Michele, your current tip contains the following: "Excel can't handle
pre-1901 dates so you will have a problem sorting by columns."

Excel Does not have a problem with dates prior 1901. It can handle all
formats of dates. I have several spreadsheets with some having thousands of
records with dates ranging between 0900 and present. I can sort, and filter
all records correctly.

Perhaps you are referring to dates with prefixes. We sometimes think items
such as "bef" Or "c" as dates. Technically they are not components of a
date. When you add them to a date, they are interpreted as a character
string, not a date. As a character string, the entries are not sorted as a
date.

If this is the case, then excel can still properly sort. You may have to
define a format, a relatively simple process, or perform a simple cleanup.

Pete


Monday, 12 June 2017 10:35 PM
Michele, your current tip contains the following: "Excel can't handle pre-1901 dates so you will have a problem sorting by columns."

Excel Does not have a problem with dates prior 1901. It can handle all formats of dates. I have several spreadsheets with some having thousands of records with dates ranging between 0900 and present. I can sort, and filter all records correctly.

Perhaps you are referring to dates with prefixes. We sometimes think items such as "bef" Or "c" as dates. Technically they are not components of a date. When you add them to a date, they are interpreted as a character string, not a date. As a character string, the entries are not sorted as a date.

If this is the case, then excel can still properly sort. You may have to define a format, a relatively simple process, or perform a simple cleanup.

Pete



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