[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 139288] Date field content cannot be translated to desired language

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139288

--- Comment #10 from Ming Hua <ming.v.hua at qq.com> ---
(In reply to muso from comment #6)
> > As far as I know, the language choice in Tools > Language menu doesn't
> > affect date fields.
> 
> Why not? I think this is a bug. I mean that's simply intuition: select the
> text and/or element and change its language.
I don't know the exact details, but AFAIK it affects linguistic features like
spellchecking, hyphenation, etc., but not fields.  I agree intuitively it
should also affect fields, and encourage you to file a separate bug about that.

> > To do so, select the field, Edit > Fields... menu, choose "Additional
> > Formats..."
> 
> It seems I am too untalented. I still cannot find there a language setting,
> see the screenshot attached.
You missed one step:
(In reply to Ming Hua from comment #4)
> [...] choose "Additional Formats..." in the Format column, change the
> "Language" dropdown list in the new Format dialog
Please click the "Additional Formats..." entry of the Format column in your
screenshot, and click "OK" button, then a new dialog will open, in which you
can change the language for the field.

(In reply to muso from comment #8)
> (In reply to Ming Hua from comment #5)
> > Created attachment 168576 [details]
> > Example document with English and German date fields
> 
> Thanks. But what hidden/expert feature have you used to get this?
> However, the English field appears here with CJK characters, see attached.
> Was this intentional or is this another bug?
It's Chinese, because my Windows is in Chinese (although my LibreOffice is set
to English UI).  It's not intentional, and is either some mistake of mine, or
another bug.  I'll investigate later.

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