Formulas in CSV files

[Spencer Collyer <spencer lasermount uklinux net>]

In an old version of Gnumeric (can't remember exactly which one, it was
the one that came with Mandrake 8.0, and was a 0.*.* one) I could import a
CSV file like the following:

---8<------Start File------8<---
1,"=date(2001,12,15)","=time(14,15,0)"
2,"=date(2001,12,15)","=time(14,45,0)"
---8<-------End File-------8<---

and it would correctly interpret the formulas embedded in the file, and
give me the actual formulas.

Now, however, with Gnumeric 1.0.12 under SuSE Pro 8.2, when I import such
a file, it reads the formulas as strings. If I delete the "'" marker at
the start of them then the formula works correctly, but obviously this is
sub-optimal, and, for big files, a real non-starter.

I tried using the Search & Replace tool, but that did nothing. If I try
removing the quotes from around the forumlas, I just get them split across
several rows instead (which is what I expected, just thought I'd try it
first.)

Is there any way to get the old behaviour back? Alternatively, is there a
text format that _does_ allow me to enter formulas like date() and time()
and interprets them correctly on import?

Thanks in advance for any help

S>

ps Searched the archives of this ML for anything related to this problem,
but I couldn't find anything.

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