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Bug 724517 - date formatting lost in xlsx round trip
date formatting lost in xlsx round trip
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: import/export MS Excel (tm)
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-02-17 01:51 UTC by Andreas J. Guelzow
Modified: 2014-05-31 15:43 UTC
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Description Andreas J. Guelzow 2014-02-17 01:51:02 UTC 
new gnumeric
enter 2014/1/1 in A1
it shows as a date
save as xlsx
reopen
A1 now shows 41640
Comment 1 Morten Welinder 2014-02-19 19:34:45 UTC 
guess: any value format gets lost because Excel doesn't have that concept.
Comment 2 Morten Welinder 2014-05-31 15:43:22 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in our software repository. The fix will go into the next software release. Thank you for your bug report.