> In FR localized OOo I enter dates in French standard format DD/MM/YY or > DD/MM/YYYY, not in US format. Which locale are you using ? > And if I want to see the dates in format like "dimanche 14 novembre > 2009" I do not like to enter a so long text. So I do not want that the > input format would be identical to the display format.
I use the Dutch locale for yyyy-mm-dd dates. If you insist that you are entering dates in your local locale's format, then I will experiment with a new user account and see what I can come up with. What distro are you using? I am on Kubuntu 9.10 at the moment. >>> If you want another behaviour, please write down a detailed >>> specification which make clear what you want and is applicable to each >>> local date formatting. http://specs.openoffice.org/ >>> >> I want this behaviour (it incorporates issue 72229 as well as 5556): >> >> The user configures two OOo-wide (Calc, Writer, etc) settings: >> a) The default date format for entering dates >> > ok, without the word "default", the default being defined by the locale I have some users who need a different OOo default than their locales' default. I agree that the OOo default should by default be the locale default, but that should be configurable. Therefore the hierarchy would be: 1) Locale default 2) OOo default (if configured) 3) Cell Formatting (if configured) >> b) The default date format for displaying dates >> > ok, without the word "default", the default being defined by the locale As above. >> Both of these settings could be overridden in Calc's Format Cell >> dialogue and the Writer equivalent. >> > Not ok : here I think you generate an issue for OpenDocument format > because, if I understand well, you need to store the input format in the > file. Input format should be relative only to the user interface. > Another user should be able to enter dates with its own input format > without knowing anything about an input format related to this file. So > input date format should be defined only at OOo's UI level, in the same > way as the decimal separator. > While in the general sense I understand the issue regarding document sharing, note that it is already possible to override the date formats for individual cells. Therefore, this part of the scheme is actually describing current OOo behaviour. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
