https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160408
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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160408
--- Comment #8 from Ian Eales ---
Formulas are not an option as I am entering the data from the keyboard.
AND
When a cell with 0430 is edited, it shows 04:30:00 AM making it tedious to
edit.
I either have to backspace off the :00 AM
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--- Comment #7 from ady ---
I'd like to make clear that the alternative I mentioned in comment 6 is not
"perfect". It would need further development for some corner cases (e.g. 00:01
AM), and it could be simplified to use only 1
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--- Comment #6 from ady ---
(In reply to Ian Eales from comment #5)
> I'm entering the data manually. Importing is no issue as I can format as
> needed.
Where is "importing" mentioned? Now I'm confused.
>
> There is no TIME format
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--- Comment #5 from Ian Eales ---
I'm entering the data manually. Importing is no issue as I can format as
needed.
There is no TIME format option in Tools... I checked before I wrote.
If a column is a TIME format, it does
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--- Comment #4 from ady ---
(In reply to Ian Eales from comment #2)
> Setting a date format mmm-dd- formats correctly for 4/15/51,4-15-51,
> April 14, 1951, etc.
FWIW, the Date format can be set in whichever way you want, but the
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--- Comment #3 from ady ---
(In reply to Ian Eales from comment #2)
> I already knew all that.
Great. Please don't assume that (other) volunteers know everything.
To be clear (at least for other readers), the problem is with the
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--- Comment #2 from Ian Eales ---
I already knew all that.
I wrote software for decades and if the use chose a VALID display format, that
format was recognized as input.
It's a PITA to have to remember to add a colon for military time
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--- Comment #1 from ady ---
If you introduce a value such as 04:30 in a cell that is formatted as
General/Standard, Calc should recognize the value as a Time format.
A value such as 0430 (without the colon character) is not
