baasha: I'm not a Calc expert, could you explain the difference between 1. and 2. ? (for me 2. = Format Cell, Date + format description)

@Julien: Date acceptance pattern (1.) is a setting in Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages. Date format (2.) is the cell format :).

I fail to reproduce this bug. Did step 1 and 2, but after entering 28/08 LibreOffice isn't "recognizing" this as a date (so it stays 28/08 and left aligned in the cell).

Tested using Mac OSX 10.8.5 with LibreOffice 4.1.2.3 and 4.0.0.3 rc.

Kind regards,
Joren

Symptoms have changed slightly since automatic upgrade to vs. 4.1.1.2

Now it is as Jorendc has reported: If you enter the day/month it isn't being recognized as a date. In vs. 3.6.6.2 and earlier this entry would automatically fill in the year giving 28/08/13. After vs. 3.6.6.2 it started to put in 28/08/14 with an entry of 28/8. This latter symptom has now disappeared in vs. 4.1.1.2 but the entry is still not being recognized as a date.

Changing 'regression' -> 'PossibleRegression' until we have independent confirmation of a regression.

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Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any requests for more info.  Another user confirmed the bug (although he says he failed to do so, and then says the entry is not recognized as a date).

I am happy to supply more info but I don't know what more I can say.

To reiterate:
1. OS Ubuntu
2. LO vs 4.2.4.2
3. Set date acceptance pattern to DD/MM/YY
4. Set date format to DD/MM/YY
5. Enter 17/5
6. In LO vs 3.6.6.2 and earlier this would result in a cell entry of 17/05/14    (recognized as a date).
7. Since vs 3.6.6.2 the result is a text entry of 17/5

(In reply to comment #6)
> To reiterate:
> 1. OS Ubuntu
> 2. LO vs 4.2.4.2
> 3. Set date acceptance pattern to DD/MM/YY
> 4. Set date format to DD/MM/YY
> 5. Enter 17/5
> 6. In LO vs 3.6.6.2 and earlier this would result in a cell entry of
> 17/05/14    (recognized as a date).
> 7. Since vs 3.6.6.2 the result is a text entry of 17/5

Well, I really fail to reproduce this one... If I do this, I get 17/05/14 when I enter '17/5'.

Tested using Windows 8.1 with LibreOffice 4.2.4.2.

Baasha: what localization options do you use?
Menu Tools/Options/Language Settings/Languages:
More precisely what are your values for these 3 options:
- User Interface
- Locale Setting
- Date Acceptance patterns
?

Setting back to NEEDINFO.

Please answer the last questions, also reset your profile, and then if you are still experiencing and answer the questions mark as UNCONFIRMED. Apologies for the back and forth but we're having a hard time confirming this one.

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.  Here is the information you requested:

User interface: Default English USA
Locale: English Canada
Date Acceptance Pattern DD/MM/YY

Under my old profile an entry 23/5 appears in the cell as text 23/5

With a brand new profile entering 23/5 appears in the cell as a date but with the wrong year 23/5/15

New profile entry of 23/5/ appears a a date with the correct year 23/5/14

Upon further investigation it appears the Date Acceptance pattern has an effect on this problem.  Using a new profile I noted that the default date acceptance patterns with the UI and Locale as noted above are: Y-M-D; M-D; M/D.Y; M/D.  To these I added my desired pattern of DD/MM/YY and got the results as shown above.  However, if I removed the default patterns and only used DD/MM/YY then I got 23/5 (no year) when I entered 23/5.  I looked up the format for that cell and it showed as a date (DD/MM/YY).  If I entered 23/5/ I got 23/5/14 with the same formatting as the previous example.

As previous noted in version 3.6.6.2 and earlier, an entry of 23/5 would automatically fill in the year and appear as 23/5/14.

In the DE locale the Accaptence pettern are "D.M.Y;D.M."
"12.12.12" -> 12th of December 12
"11.12" -> 11th of  December 14
So Tested with Windows 7 with Version: 4.4.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 5ef4bdc7b15686e55fa19f2e98a828763a0cfae6 TinderBox: Win-x86@42, Branch:master, Time: 2014-09-03_10:10:14. Failed reproducing the bug

Migrating Whiteboard tags to Keywords: (possibleRegression)
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