Brian Mury wrote:
> I am using OpenOffice 1.1.1 that was installed along with FC2. I have a
> spreadsheet with a bunch of dates in one of the columns. I cannot get it
> to recognize 7 April 2002 as a date. All other dates are fine. Does
> anyone else see this? Is there a solution?
Clint Harshaw wrote:
> I can confirm the symptoms on mine -- OO isn't recognizing 4/7/02 as a
> "date" format. When I enter 4/7/02, OO sees it as text, and left
> justifies it. When I enter 4/6/02, OO right justifies it and inserts
> "filler" zeros:
>
> 4/7/02
> 04/06/02
For what it's worth, I've got an up-to-date FC2 with OOo 1.1.1, and I
*can't* reproduce it. Of course, my OOo thinks that 4/7/02 is the Fourth
of July. But even if I change my language settings to the US, it still
works perfectly.
And yes, I have tried both April 7 and July 4.
James.
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