https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122843
Bug ID: 122843
Summary: Documentation: Chapter 5 Getting Started with Calc,
Page 28, Date and Time Format Change
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 6.1.4.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Documentation
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: prusselltechgr...@gmail.com
CC: olivier.hal...@documentfoundation.org
Page 28 of LO6 - "Chapter 5 Getting Started with Calc" is about data entry from
the keyboard, in particular Date and Time. The text from the manual:
============
You can separate the date elements with a slash (/) or a hyphen (–) or use
text, for example 10 Oct 2012. The date format automatically changes to the
selected format used by Calc.
============
If I enter using mm/dd/yyyy or yyyy/mm/dd the data type is date. This also
corresponds to:
Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages > Date acceptance patterns
Note: Order of mm, dd, yyyy is important.
Even though yyyy-mm-dd does not appear in the list, if I click Help from this
page:
============
Additionally to the date acceptance patterns defined here, every locale accepts
input in an ISO 8601 Y-M-D pattern, and since LibreOffice 3.5 that also leads
to the YYYY-MM-DD format being applied. Syntax: Y means year, M means month,
and D means day, regardless of localization.
============
However, the text says the format 10 Oct 2012 is valid. When I type 10 Oct
2012 the data type is string not date.
Unless I'm missing something, I think the "or use text, for example 10 Oct
2012." needs to be removed.
In addition, I'd like to see something mentioned in this area about Locale and
Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages > Date acceptance patterns, and
the ISO 8601 format.
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