Created attachment 65603 [details] Sample spreadsheet that demonstrates this problem. Please see the attached spreadsheet which demonstrates this issue: Cell A2 has a "validity" cell-range set to C2:C14, which contain a series of dates. On my machine (en-US locale), C2 is displayed using "dd/mm/yy" format, which was auto-detected when I entered "2/4/12" in cell C2. Next, I entered "=C2+14" in C3, then selected C3:C14 and performed a "fill-down" operation which added an implicit format to each of C3:C14. When pulling-down the drop-down in A2 to select a date, the first item in the list shows "02/04/2012" while the remaining items appear to show the Julian date (an integer). I would have expected that the items in the drop-down list would be displayed using the same formatting that can be observed in the source cells. Note that explicitly setting the formatting for any of cells C2:C14 will change the format shown in the drop-down for those source cells explicitly formatted. I have noticed this bug for every version of OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice that I have used for the past few years. I had assumed it was an .xls -> .ods problem (because the original document where I noticed this - a timesheet template - was originally a Microsoft Excel document).
This may be related to https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=97857 and/or https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=80318 if the OOo folks can be of any help.
I can confirm the bug in Version 4.0.0.0.beta2 (Build ID: 4104d660979c57e1160b5135634f732918460a0) on Ubuntu 12.04 (x86) Although when I open the attached file, the cells C3:C14 are shown as integers from the start, but the problem in the dropdown persists even if I do the fill-down operation again (after which C#:C14 are displayed as dates)
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I just checked this in LO v4.3.4.1 for Mac OS X and the drop-down cells appear to be formatted as expected. Marking this issue as WORKSFORME. Thanks!