GnuCash: transaction dates on import

[David Reiser]

On May 24, 2009, at 12:02 PM, PaulDavidSumner wrote:

>
> When importing an .ofx into GnuCash (2.2.8 Portable), the dates  
> shown for the
> transactions are 1 day earlier than shown when the same .ofx is  
> imported
> into Microsoft Money. My concern with this is that the Microsoft  
> Money dates
> match those shown in HSBC Internet Banking, i.e. if one of the 3  
> tools is
> 'wrong' it would appear to be GnuCash.
>
> Does this sound like any known issue?
>
> (The reason for the use of Microsoft Money is I am temporarily using  
> the 2
> tools in parallel until I am more competent with GnuCash. I previously
> attempted to switch to GnuCash in a big bang and made a mess of it,  
> so want
> to ensure I do not do the same again until I am fully ready to  
> switch off
> using Microsoft Money).

That's probably a time zone issue. I believe that many (all?) ofx  
providers use local time in their data files, but gnucash is assuming  
UTC. I don't think the ofx spec requires a time zone declaration. And  
I don't remember seeing one in my ofx data streams.

Dave
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