Created attachment 93706 [details] Example Word document with custom date document property Problem description: A custom date field defined in a document using MS Word 2010 and saved as docx, when opened in Writer fails to show as a date. Steps to reproduce: 1. In MS Word 2010 create a document 2. Create a custom document property set the type to date and set a value 3. Insert the custom date property on the document page 4. Save the document with as a docx close Word 5. Open the document in Writer Current behavior: The date property displays as '41679' Expected behavior: The date field should display as the date entered originally
Reproducible, tested using Mac OSX 10.9 with LibreOffice Version: 4.2.1.1 Build ID: d7dbbd7842e6a58b0f521599204e827654e1fb8b and Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: a315454f349469923490e4116806ee19263849b8 Kind regards, Joren
already problem in 3.3.0. Steve, can you pls try with .doc file too? thanks a lot, Cor
Charu Tyagi committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=9b04093e9ab67428276f27a5819d45675a8b3f9a fdo#74745: (DOCX) Number formatting for custom document properties. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Charu Tyagi committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=6476f559070f0a7f2bb14f5f9a29d5bb10e62bb5 fdo#74745: Test Case for importing custom property of type date correctly in writer. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.