Migration from Ubuntu to iMac - which files to copy, and where?

[foxylady337]

On 29 Jan 2013, at 03:34, John Ralls-2 [via GnuCash] <ml-node+s1415818n4659241h57 at n4.nabble.com> wrote:

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> On Jan 28, 2013, at 10:25 AM, foxylady337 <[hidden email]> wrote: 
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> > On 28 Jan 2013, at 16:32, "John Ralls-2 [via GnuCash]" <[hidden email]> wrote: 
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> >> On Jan 27, 2013, at 10:22 PM, foxylady337 <[hidden email]> wrote: 
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> >>> Thanks, John. 
> >>> 
> >>> Being a Mac novice, I took me a while to find out how to access the private 
> >>> parts of the Mac's filing system! 
> >> 
> >> Use the command line from Terminal. It's bash, just like you're used to from Linux. 
> >> 
> > 
> > Yes, I'm beginning to get the hang of it now - I know the OS is trying to protect me from my own stupidity, but… 
> > 
> >>> 
> >>> When I first opened GnuCash, I got the message that 
> >>> 
> >>> "The file file:///home/michael/Accounts/MDH.gnucash could not be found". I 
> >>> ignored this, and Gnucash opened up a blank set of accounts. I was able to 
> >>> Open the account I'd transferred earlier, but there are still a problem with 
> >>> Preferences. 
> >>> 
> >>> When I look at the Accounting Period, I'm told that it's set for an absolute 
> >>> date range of 04/01/11 to 03/31/12, although my system locale setting is for 
> >>> GB. 
> >> Are you sure? You need to set both language and formats in system prefs. In particular, date and number display are in formats. 
> > 
> > I'm absolutely sure, and I've double-checked the settings. 
> > 
> >> 
> >>> 
> >>> When I go to adjust these using the pull-down on the right hand side of the 
> >>> date box, 04/01/11 is represented on the calendar as the 4th of January 
> >>> 2011, while 03/31/12 comes up as 31st March 2012. 
> >> Really? That's weird. I don't know how it could be DMY for one and MDY for another. 
> >> 
> > 
> > Indeed! Seriously weird. My only explanation is that the software was smart enough to realise that 03/31/12 must be wrong, and although it displayed it in this format, it "realised" that something was wrong when I asked to select a date from the calendar, and switched it to 31st March 2012. 04/01/11 is a valid date either side of the Atlantic, so the calendar function accepted it verbatim in the context of a GB locale, and rendered it as 4th Jan 2011.
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> If in preferences you look at the Date/Time tab, what does it display for a format example next to "locale"? If you select "UK", does that resolve the problem? 

The problem was transient, and the GnuCash locale was already set to UK when it occurred.

When I first looked at them, the dates in GnuCash Preferences=>Accounting Period were presented in the US MM/DD/YYYY format, i.e. 04/01/2011 to 03/31/2012. Investigating this with the calendar pull-downs at the end of the date-entry windows, I found the first was presented on the calendar as 4th Jan 2011 and remained there when I closed the calendar (04/01/2011). The second was presented on the calendar as 31st March 2012, and when I closed the calendar the US-style date had been switched to UK-style (i.e. 31/03/2012).

I therefore opened the start date again, moved the calendar forward to April (the 4th), and selected the 1st of April.

These settings have survived a couple of restart cycles now, so appear to be stable.

I'll keep my eyes open for any further anomalies.

Regards

Michael Hendry

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> Regards, 
> John Ralls 
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