[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 132995] Feature request: Insert current date dialog

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132995

NISZ LibreOffice Team <libreoffice at nisz.hu> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from NISZ LibreOffice Team <libreoffice at nisz.hu> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #1)
> We have Insert > Field > Date, which takes the number formatting from the
> character > properties > font > language, which can be changed per character
> style. 

The language can be changed, but the default date format for a language cannot,
it is hardwired into the locale data: the "medium" type default DateFormatsKey
value from locale data is used for the date fields default format, but also for
the Calc default date format too.
Because of this I'd rather not change that setting at the source code level.

Which brings us back to the request of setting the default date format at the
Writer (and maybe even at Calc level), per-user.
This is something we cannot do at all, if I'm not mistaken, since language
settings are global for all apps.

That could happen in the Fields dialog (like Word has it with the Date and Time
dialog), or in the Options - Writer/Calc/etc - General tab like the app level
measurement unit settings.

If we are putting the problem this way then this request does not warrant a new
dialog, only a new app level config option.

> 
> And there is Insert > Field > More Fields > Date: Format with everything
> that MSO offers plus "Additional Format" allowing everything else. => WFM,
> agreed?

Field format wise yes, everything is available. It's even present on the
Standard toolbar, which is great.

But what about inserting the date/time as plain text?
- The user I talked to was not particularly adamant about having fields vs
plain text, was looking more after changing the default format. 
- Still, I think selecting the Date or Time field type and the "Date (fixed)"
or "Time (fixed)" option under "Select" could show an "Insert as plain text"
checkbox under the "Format" list, for this particular use case.

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