Dates Shifted

[Derek Atkins]

Please, assuming one doesn't already exist.

-derek

Quoting Doug Latornell <doug-gnucash at sadahome.ca>:

> Thanks, Derek.  I've been digging around in a copy of my data file, and the
> last OFX file I imported, and was coming to the conclusion that it was
> something like what you describe.
>
> I'll be staying in the PST zone for the forseable future, and plan to use
> this GC data file for a long time.  So, I'll see if I can find a way to
> repair the date (manually, or via a script).
>
> Assuming I can reproduce the date-shift behaviour with a toy data file,
> would you like me to file a bug report?
>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
> Doug
>
> On 1/14/07, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>> The transaction "date posted" entry is set to midnight local time.
>> I don't know why we do this as opposed to, say, noon local.  But
>> that's what happens, so that's why the dates are shifted when you
>> change your local timezone.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Quoting Doug Latornell <doug-gnucash at sadahome.ca>:
>>
>> > Changing the OS timezone back to CET (GMT+1) corrects the dates when I
>> > restart GC.  Likewise, restarting GC after changing the OS timezone to
>> PST
>> > (GMT-8) reproduces the date shift to day-1.
>> >
>> > Is there a datetime constant encoded in the data file when it is
>> created?
>> >
>> > Doug
>> >
>> > On 1/13/07, Doug Latornell <doug-gnucash at sadahome.ca> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Timezone is PST, nearest city is Vancouver, BC, Canada.
>> >>
>> >> Date and time are showing correct for here in Vancouver.
>> >>
>> >> Doug
>> >>
>> >> On 1/13/07, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > What's your computer's date/timezone configuration?
>> >> >
>> >> > -derek
>> >> >
>> >> > Quoting Doug Latornell <doug-gnucash at sadahome.ca>:
>> >> >
>> >> > > I'm using GnuCash 2.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 (PPC) and am very
>> impressed
>> >> > and
>> >> > > happy with it.  Kudos to the developers for a fine piece of work!
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I started using GC 2 or 3 months ago while I was living in
>> >> > France.  This
>> >> > > week I moved to the west coast of Canada.  Today I noticed that all
>> of
>> >> > my
>> >> > > transactions have shifted 1 day back; i.e . a transaction that used
>> to
>> >> > show
>> >> > > as 2006/12/29, now shows as 2005/12/28.  It also happened with
>> >> > transactions
>> >> > > I imported via OFX this morning - deposits made and posted
>> yesterday
>> >> > > (2007/01/12) by my bank show as 2007/01/11).
>> >> > >
>> >> > > My guess is that a config somewhere thinks I'm still in the GMT+1
>> >> > timezone,
>> >> > > having not picked up the news from OS X when I changed the system
>> to
>> >> > GMT-8.
>> >> > > I've done some searching with gconftool-2 to no avail.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Any suggestions?
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Doug
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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