Re: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-12-01 Thread Julius Becker
- D = Day as 2th One issue would be that “D” should actually = *2nd*  not *2th* … Yeah, you're right: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ... ie. it would be /highly/ localization/language dependent to try to indicate an ordinal rather than just let the number stand on it's own…  if I recall it

Re: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-12-01 Thread Julius Becker
Hi at all, creating an extension might be a solution, but in my opinion, it isn't a good one. In French dates like 1er décembre 2011, the ordinal number for the first day of a month isn't an option, it's obligatory. You cannot say 1 décembre 2011 like LO does. So, LO should offer the possibility

RE: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-12-01 Thread Bruce Carlson
...@gmail.com [mailto:julius.bec...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Julius Becker Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2011 9:23 PM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] French/English date Hi at all, creating an extension might be a solution, but in my opinion, it isn't a good one

RE: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-12-01 Thread Tom Davies
...@grahamgroup.com.au Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] French/English date To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Thursday, 1 December, 2011, 11:31 Hi, In reply to Julius. I understand your explanation and it seems to me that what you are asking for is a permanent correction or addition to an existing function

Re: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-30 Thread Julius Becker
Hi at all, although I like a passionate discussion, it would be nice if we could focus on the problem: In French, you HAVE TO use the ordinal number for the very first day of the month when you use the format 1er décembre 2011 (30 novembre 2011). That's mandatory. Even other Romance languages

Re: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-30 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Julius, Julius Becker wrote (30-11-11 09:44) In French, you HAVE TO use the ordinal number for the very first day of the month when you use the format 1er décembre 2011 (30 novembre 2011). That's mandatory. Even other Romance languages (like Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) usally/often use

Re: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-30 Thread Julius Becker
Hi Cor, I know that in Calc there are much more formatting options. Recently the possibility for possessive genitive case month names has been added. Are possibilities in Calc better for you? If so, there might be an relatively (...) easy route to improvement. In LibreOffice 3.4.4 (which I

RE: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-30 Thread Tom Davies
...@btinternet.com Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] French/English date To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011, 7:51 At 23:38 29/11/2011 +1100, Bruce Carlson wrote: It has bothered me for years but the correct long date format in English or at least English English is :- eg

Re: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-30 Thread The Invisible Phan
On 2011-11-30 6:39 AM, Julius Becker wrote: In LibreOffice 3.4.4 (which I use), the formatting options in Calc and Writer are the same. So, unfortunately no easy improvement. In addition to - D = Day as 2 - DD = Day as 02 - DDD/NN = Day as Sun-Sat - /NNN = Day as Sunday to Saturday there

Re: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-30 Thread doug
On 11/30/2011 03:44 AM, Julius Becker wrote: Hi at all, although I like a passionate discussion, it would be nice if we could focus on the problem: In French, you HAVE TO use the ordinal number for the very first day of the month when you use the format 1er décembre 2011 (30 novembre 2011).

RE: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-30 Thread Bruce Carlson
...@btinternet.com Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] French/English date To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011, 7:51 At 23:38 29/11/2011 +1100, Bruce Carlson wrote: It has bothered me for years but the correct long date format in English or at least English English is :- eg

RE: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-30 Thread Tom Davies
: RE: [libreoffice-users] French/English date To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011, 23:47 HI, It may have been some  years between Brian going to school and my school days and also I may have had teachers who were already old fashion then too, however at all my schools

[libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-29 Thread Julius Becker
Hi everyone, LibreOffice (I use version 3.4.4 under Windows 7) offers the possibility to insert a text field that shows the current date. Although using the German version, I can insert a French date in the worksheets for my students. Unfortunately, there is a little mistake that bugs me: In

RE: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-29 Thread Bruce Carlson
@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] French/English date Hi everyone, LibreOffice (I use version 3.4.4 under Windows 7) offers the possibility to insert a text field that shows the current date. Although using the German version, I can insert a French date in the worksheets for my

Re: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-29 Thread Jay Lozier
: [libreoffice-users] French/English date Hi everyone, LibreOffice (I use version 3.4.4 under Windows 7) offers the possibility to insert a text field that shows the current date. Although using the German version, I can insert a French date in the worksheets for my students. Unfortunately

RE: [libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-29 Thread Brian Barker
At 23:38 29/11/2011 +1100, Bruce Carlson wrote: It has bothered me for years but the correct long date format in English or at least English English is :- eg: Tuesday the 29th. of November, 2011. Note the correct use of articles, ordinals, commas and full stops... (the things Americans call

[libreoffice-users] French/English date

2011-11-28 Thread Julius Becker
Hi everyone, LibreOffice (I use version 3.4.4 under Windows 7) offers the possibility to insert a text field that shows the current date. Although using the German version, I can insert a French date in the worksheets for my students. Unfortunately, there is a little mistake that bugs me: In