Preferred Date Format When Importing CSV Files

[David Carlson]

It does seem odd that the importer does not default to the same choice that
the user has chosen for the data file, even though it is important to allow
the user to change it if (s)he has a CSV file with a different choice.

David C

On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 7:36 AM, Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8 at verizon.net>
wrote:

> On 07/28/2017 09:32 PM, Paul W. wrote:
> > I set the date format to m-d-y in Edit>Preferences>Date/time
> >
> > When I import CSV files, the date format on the Preview Settings page
> shows y-m-d.  I manually change the format to m-d-y.
> > What do I need to do to have GC automatically show the format I selected.
> >
> Different strokes...
>
> Years ago I had to figure out how to make dates all y-m-d because
> sorting by date is easier for me that way.
>
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