Todays date format in invoice

[Derek Atkins]

Erik Haagensen <erik.haa at gmail.com> writes:

>> Honestly, none offhand.
>
> Sory about my poor english. What does this mean ?

It means "without spending a lot of time researching or thinking about
it, I cannot think of anything else".

>> For now you'll just have to modify the Report Options to reset it.  You
>> can always save that as a custom report.
>
> I can live for some time with a "work-around".
>
> Thanks for your effort anyway!

Glad to hear.  Hopefully we can come up with a solution.  In the
meantime can you please file a bug report at Bugzilla so we don't lose
the issue?  It might be a simple fix.

Thanks,

-derek

>
> 2012/1/25 Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>
>
>     Erik Haagensen <erik.haa at gmail.com> writes:
>    
>     >> I find this very very odd.  The code in the invoice report is supposed
>     >> to pull the default option from the global setting, and the global
>     >> setting is supposed to be pulled from the File -> Properties setting.
>     >>
>     >> I'm not sure what's going on here or why it's not working for you.
>     >
>     > Well - I'm totally lost here.
>     > Any suggestions what to try out ?
>     > Fresh installation of Gnucash?
>    
>     Honestly, none offhand.  I'd have to delve into the code to figure out
>     why (gnc-default-strftime-date-format) wasn't returning the correct
>     data.  Perhaps it's getting cached once and never being reset from the
>     Properties?  I don't know.
>    
>     For now you'll just have to modify the Report Options to reset it.  You
>     can always save that as a custom report.
>    
>     -derek
>    
>     > 2012/1/25 Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>
>     >
>     >     Erik,
>     >
>     >     Erik Haagensen <erik.haa at gmail.com> writes:
>     >
>     >     >> Oh, wait..  the Today Date.  That's set in the Report Options, on
>     the
>     >     >> Display page.  However, it should default to the format you have
>     set in
>     >     >> File -> Properties, provided you create and run the report after
>     you
>     >     set
>     >     >> that Property.
>     >     >
>     >     > I've set up the Files->Properties->Business->Date format
>     >     > correct and in advance.
>     >     > Fancy date format-> Custom-> %d.%m.%Y
>     >     > Like this: http://www.bokbinding.no/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/
>     >     > 24.01.2012-18_36_16.png
>     >     >
>     >     > Then I run the invoice print report
>     >     > and the date is not like formatted as described above.
>     >     > It's like this: http://www.bokbinding.no/wp-content/uploads/2012/
>     01/
>     >     > 24.01.2012-17_59_36.png
>     >     >
>     >     > I can change that however, by typing in the format I wish it to be
>     like.
>     >     > I have to do this in the Print Invoice window - selecting
>     Alternatives->
>     >     > Show-> Todays Date Format  -
>     >     > Like in this dialog box: http://www.bokbinding.no/wp-content/
>     uploads/
>     >     2012/01/
>     >     > 24.01.2012-18_37_02.png 
>     >     > and change to %d.%m.%Y
>     >
>     >     I find this very very odd.  The code in the invoice report is
>     supposed
>     >     to pull the default option from the global setting, and the global
>     >     setting is supposed to be pulled from the File -> Properties
>     setting.
>     >
>     >     I'm not sure what's going on here or why it's not working for you.
>     >
>     >     -derek
>     >
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>    
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>           Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>           Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>           URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
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> --
> mvh
> Erik Haagensen
> [books] 
> Oslia
> NO-2550 Os i Østerdalen
> tlf: +47 94430332
> http://www.bokbinding.no
> Kart
>

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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available