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>Also, when I enter a date, it will accept "11/26/2010" (US style) and convert
it to a date but "26/11/2010" (UK style) is left as a String. Is there any way
around this? I want to be able to input dates in the same way that they are
displayed.
Regarding this, we mimic Excel behavior. Would you test on Excel to see if the
behavior the same?
Original comment by chenhe...@gmail.com
on 29 Nov 2010 at 1:53
Yes, in Excel if I format the column as "d/m/yyyy hh:mm", I can enter text
"27/10/2010" and it will convert to date and display as "27/10/2010 00:00".
If I enter US-date style, "10/27/2010", Excel does not recognize it as a date
and renders it as a String "10/27/2010".
See attached capture.
Regards.
Original comment by Chris.Th...@googlemail.com
on 29 Nov 2010 at 2:45
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Interesting. On my machine, Excel works the other way.
I format the cell as "d/m/yyyy hh:mm" and enter "27/10/2010", it interprets it
as a String. but if I enter "10/27/2010", it interprets it as a date. To be
precise, no matter what format I entered, it only interprets US style to date.
Are you using Excel 2007 and Windows XP? I guess there might has something to
do with Window's Regional Options. My setting is English(United States). How
about yours?
Start -> Control Panel -> Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options ->
Reginoal and Language Options -> Regional Options
Original comment by chenhe...@gmail.com
on 30 Nov 2010 at 12:47
You're correct that I'm not in a US locale - I'm in the UK (Windows 7/Excel
2007) where my Windows date format is set to dd/MM/yyyy. See attached.
Original comment by Chris.Th...@googlemail.com
on 30 Nov 2010 at 9:03
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I have to think about this. Since this is a separate issue, would you post it
as a new one. It is better one issue number for one issue only. Thanks.
Original comment by chenhe...@gmail.com
on 1 Dec 2010 at 12:24
Fixed since Dec. 1, 2010.
Original comment by chenhe...@gmail.com
on 1 Dec 2010 at 9:35
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
Chris.Th...@googlemail.com
on 29 Nov 2010 at 10:05