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If you highlight the column and press CNTL-1 a dialog with options appears.  Make sure the language is set to English.
If you highlight the column and press CNTL-1 a dialog with options appears.  Make sure the language is set to English.


When using Excel, a partial date entry such as MM-DD ie: 1-25 will automatically result in conversion to the configured format, for example MM/DD/YYYY or 1/25/2018.  This does not occur by default in Calc.  Although the ISO 8601 date format of YYYY-MM-DD is the most logical, it is not what Americans are accustomed to.
When using Excel, a partial date entry such as MM-DD ie: 1-25 will automatically result in conversion to the configured format, for example MM/DD/YYYY or 1/25/2018.  This does not occur by default in Calc because Calc doesn't recognize the dash as a date separator.  This was not a problem in older versions (3.5x and earlier).   
 
Tip: CTRL + ; will automatically enter the current date in the active cell.


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Revision as of 12:10, 18 January 2018

Calc: Date Format and Partial Entry

If you highlight the column and press CNTL-1 a dialog with options appears. Make sure the language is set to English.

When using Excel, a partial date entry such as MM-DD ie: 1-25 will automatically result in conversion to the configured format, for example MM/DD/YYYY or 1/25/2018. This does not occur by default in Calc because Calc doesn't recognize the dash as a date separator. This was not a problem in older versions (3.5x and earlier).

Tip: CTRL + ; will automatically enter the current date in the active cell.