Bob wrote: > over here our dates start with the days then months then years as 16/09/05 > but your
Assuming you are using Calc, you need to configure the cell style. "<CTRL> <F12> ">Cell styles >New >Numbers" Category The keyboard shortcut is <ALT> < C >. This is drop down which contains the following options: All User-defined Number Percent Currency Date Time Scientific Fraction Boolean Value Text Format The keyboard shortcut is <ALT> < o >. Selectable options for Format depend upon the option selected for Category. If "All" is selected, all options listed are available. If "User-defined" is selected, only formats created by the user are available. If "Number" is selected, the following options are available: General -1234 Integers. 1234.12 Real numbers. 1,234 Integers with thousands separator. 1,234.12 Real numbers with thousands separator. -1234 Negative integer. -1234.12 Negative real number. -1,234 Negative integer with thousands separator. -1,234.12 Negative real number with thousands separator. If "Percent" is selected, the following options are available: 13% Integer with percent sign 13.95% Real number with percent sign Selecting this option multiplies the number by 100. If "Currency" is selected, the following options are available: [These are the default options for a locale of "English US". Other locales may be different.] -$1,234 Negative US Dollar amount. No cents. Currency symbol is used. -$1,234.56 Negative US Dollar amount, with cents. Currency symbol is used. -$1,234 Negtaive US Dollar amount is red. No cents. Currency symbol is used. -$1,234.56 Negative US Dollar amount with cents is red. Currency symbol is used. $1,234- Negative US Dollar amount is red. No cents. Negative symbol follows the dollar amount. Currency symbol is used. -1,234.56 USD Negative US Dollar amount, with cents. "USD" follows the amount. No currency sign is used. -1,234.56 USD Negative US Dollar amount, with cents. "USD" follows the amount. No currency sign is used. Text is in red. If "Date" is selected, the following options are available: [These are the default options for a locle of "English US". Other locales may have different default options.] [See below for abbreviations ] 1/2/00 M/D/YY Sunday, January 02, 2000 NNNN, MMMM DD, YYYY 01/02/00 MM/DD/YY 01/02/0000 MM/DD/YYYY Jan 2, 00 MMM D, YY Jan 2, 2000 MMM, D, YYYY 2. Jan. 2000 D.MMM.YYYY January 2, 2000 MMMM D, YYYY 2.January.2000 D, MMMM, YYYY Sun, Jan 2, 2000 NN, MM, D, YYYY Sun 02/Jan/00 NN DD/MMM/YY Sun, January 2, 2000 NN, MMMM, D, YYYY Sunday, January 2, 2000 NNNN, MMMM D, YYYY 01-02 MM-DD 00-01-02 YY-MM-DD 2000-01-02 YYYY-MM-DD 01/00 MM/YY Jan 02 MMM YY January MMMM 1st Quarter 00 QQ YY 2 WW 01/02/00 01:37 PM MM/DD/YY HH:MM AM/PM 01/02/0000 13:37:56 MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS These abbreviations mean: [See below for abbreviations ] AM/PM Display AM or PM. [Twelve hour clock] D Single digit day of month. DD Two digit day of month. H 24 hour time of day HH 12 hour time of day. M Month by number MM Minutes MMM Month name abbreviated MMMM Month name. Full name. NN Day of week. Abbreviated name. NNNN Full name of the day of th week, followed by a comma. QQ Quarter by number WW Week by number YY Two digit year YYYY Four digit year Additional abbrevations for creating a custom formt code. K Swedish Locales only: Use instead of "Q"; T French Locales only: Use instead of "Q"; T Spanish Locales only: Use instead of "Q"; G Japanese Locale Only. Single character Gengou Era dates are returned.; G Western Locales Only: Gregorian dates are returned. ( AD only. ); GG Japanese Locale Only: Abbreviated name of the Gengou Era dates are returned; GG Western Locales Only: Gregorian dates are returned. ( AD only. ); GGG Japanese Locale Only: Complete name of the Gengou Era is returned; GGG Western Locales Only: Gregorian dates are returned. ( AD only. ); EE Returns years within the Era.; AAA: Arabic Locales only. Islamic Dates are returned; AAAA Arabic Locales only. Islamic Dates are returned; If "Time" is selected, the following options are available: 13:37 HH:MM 13:37:56 HH:MM:SS 01:37 PM HH:MM AM/PM 01:37:56 PM HH:MM:SS AM/PM 876613.37.46 [HH]:MM:SS 37.46.00 MM:SS.00 876613.37.46.00 [HH]:MM:SS.00 01/02/00 01:37 PM MM/DD/YY HH:MM AM/PM 01/02/2000 01:37:56 MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS These abbreviations mean AM/PM Display AM or PM. [Twelve hour clock] D Single digit day of month. DD Two digit day of month. H 24 hour time of day HH 12 hour time of day. M Month by number MM Minutes YY Two digit year YYYY Four digit year SS Seconds 0 Tenths of a second 00 Hundreths of a second [HH] Elapsed hours. Swahili locales use AM/PM for both Post-Meridian/Ante-Meridian, and Daytime/Nightime. If "Scientific" is selected, the following options are available: -1.23E+003 0.00E+000 -1.23E+03 0.00E+00 If "Fraction" is selected, the following options are available: -1234 1/8 # ?/? -1234 10/81 # ??/?? These abbreviations indicate # Integer number ?/? fraction (one digit only) ??/?? fraction (two digits) Fractions may not contain more than six digits. If "Boolean Value" is selected, the following options are available: TRUE Boolean If "Text" is selected, the following options are available: @ This treats all input as text. Language The keyboard shortcut is <ALT> < L >. This is a drop down list of all languages supported by OOo. Appendix A contains a list of languages supported for OOo 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, and 2.0. Options This is available only if Category is selected for one of the following: All Number Percent Currency If available, you have the following options: Decimal Places; Leading Zeros; Negative Numbers Red; Thousands Separator; Decimal Places is a Drop Down Box. You can select any number between zero and twenty, inclusive. [0..20]. This defines the degree of precision displayed in the spreadsheet. The keyboard shortcut is <ALT> < D >. Leading Zeros:is a Drop Down Box. You can select any number between zero and twenty, inclusive. [0..20]. This defines the minimum number of digits in your number. The keyboard shortcut is <ALT> < Z >. Negative Numbers Red is a Checkbox. Checking this makes negative numbers red. This property is used in financial accounting. The keyboard shortcut is <ALT> < N >. Thousands Separator is a Checkbox. Checking this will display the thousands separator in the spreadsheet. The keyboard shortcut is <ALT> < T >. Format Code The keyboard shortcut is <ALT> < F >. Enter an appropriate string here. In addition to the abbrevitions described in Format, the following are also available. Placeholders are: "0" for leading zeros "#" for no leading zero. For scientific notation. "E+" "e+" "E-" "e-" The thousand separator can be either a Full Stop ".", or a Comma "," depending upon the language/locale settings. OOo does not allow a Space " " to be used as a thousands separator. The decimal separator can be either a Full Stop ".", or a Comma "," depending upon the language/locale settings. OOo does not allow the Middle Dot "ยท" as a decimal serparator. For non decimal fractions, use Question Marks,"?" for digits, and Virgule, "/" as the fraction seperator. Colors that can be used for foramtting are CYAN; GREEN; MAGENTA; WHITE; BLUE; RED; YELLOW; BLACK. Brackets --- "[" and "]" --- serve as conditional statements. If a color is in brackets, the color is displayed only if the number is negative. Use "plus", "minus", or "null" in the numbering format, for different behaviour for positive numbers, negative numbers, or zero. Conditional statements can include Greater Than "<" ; Greater Than or Equal To "<="; Less Than ">"; Less Than or Equal To ">="; Equal To "="; Not Equal To "<>". BOOLEAN can be used for designating a cell as TRUE/FALSE. To display numbers using native number characters, use a [NatNum1], [NatNum2], ... [NatNum11] modifier at the beginning of a number format codes. The [NatNum1] modifier always uses a one to one character mapping to convert numbers to a string that matches the native number format code of the corresponding locale. The other modifiers produce different results if they are used with different locales. A locale can be the language and the territory for which the format code is defined, or a modifier such as [$-yyy] that follows the native number modifier. In this case, yyy is the hexadecimal MS-LCID that is also used in currency format codes. For example, to display a number using Japanese short Kanji characters in an English US locale, use the following number format code: [NatNum1][$-411]0 In the following list, the Microsoft Excel [DBNumX] modifier that corresponds to OpenOffice.org [NatNum] modifier is shown. If you want, you can use a [DBNumX] modifier instead of [NatNum] modifier for your locale. Whenever possible, OpenOffice.org internally maps [DBNumX] modifiers to [NatNumN] modifiers. [NatNum1] Transliteration in Chinese: Chinese lower case characters; CAL: 1/7/7 [DBNum1] Japanese: short Kanji characters [DBNum1]; CAL: 1/4/4 [DBNum1] Korean: Korean lower case characters [DBNum1]; CAL: 1/7/7 [DBNum1] Thai: Thai characters Arabic: Indic characters Indic: Indic characters [NatNum2] Transliteration in Chinese: Chinese upper case characters; CAL: 2/8/8 [DBNum2] Japanese: traditional Kanji characters; CAL: 2/5/5 [DBNum2] Korean: Korean upper case characters [DBNum2]; CAL: 2/8/8 [DBNum2] [NatNum3] Transliteration in Chinese: fullwidth Arabic digits; CAL: 3/3/3 [DBNum3] Japanese: fullwidth Arabic digits; CAL: 3/3/3 [DBNum3] Korean: fullwidth Arabic digits [DBNum3]; CAL: 3/3/3 [DBNum3] [NatNum4] Transliteration in Chinese: lower case text [DBNum1] Japanese: modern long Kanji text [DBNum2] Korean: formal lower case text [NatNum5] Transliteration in Chinese: Chinese upper case text [DBNum2] Japanese: traditional long Kanji text [DBNum3] Korean: formal upper case text [NatNum6] Transliteration in Chinese: fullwidth text [DBNum3] Japanese: fullwidth text Korean: fullwidth text [NatNum7] Transliteration in Japanese: modern short Kanji text Korean: informal lower case text [NatNum8] Transliteration in Japanese: traditional short Kanji text [DBNum4] Korean: informal upper case text [NatNum9] Transliteration in Korean: Hangul characters [NatNum10] Transliteration in Korean: formal Hangul text [DBNum4]; CAL: 9/11/11 [DBNum4] [NatNum11] Transliteration in Korean: informal Hangul text Options that are not available are grayed out. ################ Sorry, but all the formatting ws lost, when I did the cut and paste. :( If that doesn't help you create a cell style with the date format you want, I'll write a real answer, instead of just tossing the documentation out. xan jonathon -- Does your Office Suite conform to ISO Standards? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
