Problem description: I used to be able to input a date in the format dMMMyy (e.g. 6aug or 6aug14) - it would then convert the text to date. now it keeps it as text - in fact unless I input in the format of language (e.g. UK - d/m/yy) it does not convert the text. hopefully this is self-explanatory. Is not a crisis, but sad. Steps to reproduce: 1. .... 2. .... 3. .... Current behavior: Expected behavior: Operating System: Ubuntu Version: 4.3.0.4 release Last worked in: 4.2.6.2 rc
Did you try to config the date acceptance patterns in Tools > Options > Language settings > Languages ? Set status to NEEDINFO. Please set it back to UNCONFIRMED once you have provided requested informations. Thank you for your understanding. Best regards. JBF
Date acceptance patterns looks like this: Y/M/D; M/D; D.M.Y; D.M; Y-M-D; M-D; (I have added spaces for readability) I cannot add a pattern to enter 6aug (I do this in Excel and found that it worked in LO in the previous versions) Also, if I enter a date (6 Aug) as 6.8 displays as 05/01/1900 19:12:00 entry of 8-6 (M-D) for 6 Aug displays in edit bar as 08/06/2014 i.e 8 Jun) entry 14-8-6 (Y-M-D) displays in edit bar as 14/08/2006 ( but is actually 8 Jun) i have to enter 2014-8-6 in order to get 6 Aug entry 5.7.14 or 5.7.2014 displays as text input what am I doing wrong?
(In reply to comment #0) > I used to be able to input a date in the format dMMMyy (e.g. 6aug or 6aug14) > - it would then convert the text to date. This issue has been independently reported in this forum thread: http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/38501/ It appears to be a regression in behaviour from v4.2.6.2. Under GNU/Linux using: - v4.3.0.4 Build ID: 62ad5818884a2fc2e5780dd45466868d41009ec0 - v4.4.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: aa0e3701aad1a8a955773e869d9a6b59eac51e72 TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2014-08-10_07:00:01 ... entering 03SEP into a cell with default format or with a pre-existing format code of DDMMM results in "03SEP" displayed and treated as text by formula. Under v4.2.6.2 the results of entry are: - 03/09/14 (default cell format for en-AU locale) - 03SEP (DDMMM format code) ... both are treated as dates by formula referencing the cell. Status set to NEW.
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This problem has been resolved in LO 5.0. Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon Obviously, one must set up the patterns in Options/Language Settings/Languages/Date Acceptance Patterns I have set: Y-M-D;D/M/Y;D/M;D-M they all work fine. MS Excel allows a pattern DDMMM or DMMM (where MMM is a 3-letter month name, e.g. jan, feb). This is not allowed - the colour of the setting turns red. I can live with that.
Since we don't have a commit fixing this problem, worksforme is the correct state. Adjusted.
Migrating Whiteboard tags to Keywords: (possibleRegression) [NinjaEdit]