Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Borutta Newsgroups: comp.apps.spreadsheets Subject: Re: Google Sheets: Date Format Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2018 11:05:03 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <5b6568fa$0$2945$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="6a49239811ec87177cf0d71ca29f597b"; logging-data="25325"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Lv3gTiaflL5CQP7AAWDkw5s67fTFk1Zk=" User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.41de (740bb437.173.297) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Tk48pfj1i6jJ6HhyrFtfSGN35Zc= Xref: csiph.com comp.apps.spreadsheets:65 Luuk schrieb: > On 2-8-2018 08:34, Andreas Borutta wrote: >> In Google Sheets the format code "ddd" for e.g. 2018/08/01 results in >> "Mi." (German interface) >> >> I need it without the dot. Just "Mi". > there was a discussion about this on the internet in 2003: > https://www.typografie.info/3/topic/28675-abk%C3%BCrzungspunkt-nach-wochentag/ > > The writers there where not clear about the right way to go ... ;) > > But, praise yourself lucky you do not live in Catalonia > ( > https://www.quora.com/How-are-days-of-the-week-abbreviated-in-various-languages > ) > > > The real solution would be to find out how the days of the week are > shortened officially, and than (if this calls for a change) file a bug > report with Google ) Thanks for your hints. Andreas -- http://fahrradzukunft.de