Cell data format problem

Hello,
I just began using the new version of Numbers.
I tried to make a distance-speed-time function and have it as hour, minute and second but when I switch from automatic data format to custom data format (Duration) and go to the next cell to do the same, it switch back to automatic data format and I can't have it as time but just a a number with decimals.
What can I do ?

I have a similar issue.
Every number I enter is understood by Numbers as a date.
199 becomes the date 1/1/199 00.00.00 when I try and change the auto format it jumps right back to the date.
I have to format the cell to be a number before I enter a value.
is your system language english or non english? I have a suspicion it's a locale bug (one that Apple QA should have found had they done any testing...)

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How Do i create a list that will show in a dropdown box with the list being pulled from another tab and not the cell data format junk?
I currently run OS X 10.10.1
Now i have been trying to work on this for a while now and what i want to do should be simple but its apparently not.
Here is an example of what i want to happen.
I will have 2 tabs: Contact | Sales
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for what i am wanting to do i cant use the data format pop-up menu because the list is edited everyday several times a day.
Now how do i do this, Excel can do this so how can numbers do it?

Hi Shegra,
Paste this into a applescript editor window and run it from there. In the script you may need to adjust the four properties to agree with your spreadsheet. Let me know if you have any questions.
quinn
Script starts:
-- This script converts column A in one table into an alphabetized list of popups. It copies the last cell in that column. Then reverts the column to text. It then refreshes popups in column A of a data table starting with a user defined row.
property DataEntrySheet : "Sheet 1" --name of sheet with popups to be refreshed
property DataEntryTable : "Sales" --name of table with popups to be refreshed
set copyRange to {}
property PopValueSheet : "Sheet 1" --name of sheet with popup values table
property PopValueTable : "Contacts" --name of table with popup values
set PopStartRow to {}
tell application "Numbers"
set d to front document
set ps to d's sheet PopValueSheet
set pt to ps's table PopValueTable
set s to d's sheet DataEntrySheet
set t to s's table DataEntryTable
set tf to t's filtered --this records filter setting on data Entry Table
display dialog "Start from row #..." default answer "" with icon 1 -- with icon file "Path:to:my.icon.icns" --a Week # row
set PopStartRow to {text returned of result}
tell pt --convert list to alphabetized popups
set ptRows to count rows
set copyRange to ("A2:" & name of cell ptRows of column "A")
set selection range to range copyRange
set selection range's format to text
sort by column 1 direction ascending
set selection range's format to pop up menu
-- popupsmade
set selection range to cell ptRows of column 1 of pt
set v to value of cell ptRows of pt
end tell
activate application "Numbers"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "c" using command down
tell pt
set selection range to range copyRange
set selection range's format to text
end tell
tell t
set filtered to false
set tRows to count rows
set pasteRange to ((name of cell PopStartRow of column "A") & ":" & (name of cell tRows of column "A"))
set selection range to range pasteRange
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down
set filtered to tf
end tell
end tell

Date Format problem...

Hi users,
Forte version : 2.e.2 and ForteWebSDK
Datacase : Oracle
We have a problem with a simple HTML text field which acccepts
a date. When we try to update the record with some date, the following
exception occurs:
24-Jun-1998 04:32:28 : XV01086 : Execute failed for SQL statement in
project Rap
tServices, class RaptSqlMethods, method updateActivity, methodId 104,
line 51, e
rror from database is:
ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input
string
The Oracle manual says that the above exception occurs when there are
some extra characters on that field, which is not the case. In fact,
we raise our own exception for the cases like : o1-Apr-1997,
01-apr-97 etc. The correct format is 01-apr-1998.
Same date soemtimes is added to the database successfully. Waht I mean
to say that the exception deos not occur consistently.
We just conevert the String taken from the HTML field into a Forte
DateTimeData Object and send it to database. May be, the conversion
part is causing the problem. But, once again the problem is not
consistent.
Any ideas in this will be appreciated.
Thanx in advance
-Rajeev Talwar
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We had the same problem when our application first went live. The
default date format for our Oracle database is 'dd-mmm-yy' without the
time component. The default format for datatype DateTimeData is
'dd-mmm-yyyy hh:mm:ss'. Since we did not want to change the default date
format for the Database, we included in our service partitions an Alter
Session statement to change the NLS_Date_format attribute in Oracle to
conform to the Forte DateTimeData format. It worked.
Kam Chow
Mazda Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary F Giger [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 1998 4:11 AM
To: Rajeev Talwar
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Date Format problem...
I was having the same problem a few weeks back when I would
read/write
dates to Oracle. I was using objects of type DateTimeData and I would
occasionally get errors like you said you were. I found discovered my
problem. Sometimes I would process a null date and would get an error.
So to
resolve this issue, I simply changes my objects of type DateTimeData to
type
DateTimeNullable. This enabled my Forte Application to handle regular
dates
as well as null dates. I have not gotten any oracle errors since then
with
regards to dates. Hope this helps.
Rajeev Talwar wrote:
Hi users,
Forte version : 2.e.2 and ForteWebSDK
Datacase : Oracle
We have a problem with a simple HTML text field which acccepts
a date. When we try to update the record with some date, the following
exception occurs:
24-Jun-1998 04:32:28 : XV01086 : Execute failed for SQL statement in
project Rap
tServices, class RaptSqlMethods, method updateActivity, methodId 104,
line 51, e
rror from database is:
ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input
string
The Oracle manual says that the above exception occurs when there are
some extra characters on that field, which is not the case. In fact,
we raise our own exception for the cases like : o1-Apr-1997,
01-apr-97 etc. The correct format is 01-apr-1998.
Same date soemtimes is added to the database successfully. Waht I mean
to say that the exception deos not occur consistently.
We just conevert the String taken from the HTML field into a Forte
DateTimeData Object and send it to database. May be, the conversion
part is causing the problem. But, once again the problem is not
consistent.
Any ideas in this will be appreciated.
Thanx in advance
-Rajeev Talwar
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Data format problem

Hello All
Can anyone help me to solve this data format problem? On the top of my program, I have declare the two variables "purchasePrice" and "purchaseAmount" as double. I dont know why, the compiler still think I didnt initialize this two variables? I have printed the error message below the code.
Thanks for your help : )
Jen
=============================================================================
double purchasePrice, purchaseAmount, GPS, total_gain, amount;
//Find the purchase stock price
     rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT Price FROM PORTFOLIO WHERE Username = '"+ username+"' AND Symbol = '"+strsymbol+"'");
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variable purchasePrice might not have been initialized
[javac] GPS = intask - purchasePrice;
[javac] ^
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[javac] ^
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Instance and class variables are automatically initialized to their default values if they are not initialized explicitly, but local variables are not. They have to be initialized explicitly before they can be referenced.
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How to customize the cell date format

Trying out the trial version of Numbers....
I would like to customize the cell date format. The inspector gives you several choices for date formats but I would like something different and wish to customize my own - just like in Excel.
I don't see a way to do this. Are we limited to only those date formats provided by Numbers?
Is there some other way to do this?

I found a way to do this, but not in Numbers. Note that it is probably not for those who are squeamish about editing configuration files, and could probably break something if done incorrectly:
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4. Open en_US.plist or your language's plist file with a property list editor. I use Property List Editor from the Apple Developer Tools, but I think Pref Setter is also easy to use.
5. Open AcceptedDateFormats and check if your desired format is there. If not, add a string key with the desired format.
6. Open DisplayedDateFormats and add a string key in the format you want it displayed.
7. Save the plist file.
8. Restart Numbers.
9. Your desired date format should appear in the list of formatting choices.
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Hi,
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I am uploading the date field from excel to program.
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hello...i meant client_OLE2
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when the date is sent in format YYYY-MM-DD, the interface is run successfuly.
when we test the interface in SPROXY transaction the date is displayed in YYYY-MM-DD format.
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Edited by: krishnab121 on Feb 18, 2011 6:32 AM
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Edited by: kishan P on Feb 18, 2011 11:27 AM

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... i am facing problem in the date format ...
>
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I have an af:table with filterable columns and some of these columns are based on Timestamp VO attributes.
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Does it work fine if you change the pattern for convertDateTime?
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change
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                                        </f:facet>-Arun

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<xsd:pattern value="\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d" />
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when I created a Proxy class, the date field length is 8.
I write my code and tryed execution. Its not giving any result and no exceptions also.
I think the problem is with Date field..
Suggest me how to solve this problem.
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Hi Dhanunjaya,
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Piyush
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