Changed Entry Dates after updating from 2.6.4-2 to 2.6.6 and/or 2.6.7

[nvsoar]

On 7/6/2015 12:11 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>> On Jul 6, 2015, at 12:00 PM, nvsoar <nvsoar at charter.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 7/6/2015 7:09 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>>>> On Jul 5, 2015, at 9:54 PM, nvsoar <nvsoar at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 7/5/2015 4:41 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>>>>>> On Jul 5, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Detlef Kattenstroth <detlef.kattenstroth at web.de> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am using Gnucash version 2.6.4-2 on Windows 8.1
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Everything works fine and proper here, but then I updated to
>>>>>> 2.6.6 and
>>>>>>
>>>>>> all of a sudden all the dates of my entries changed with the
>>>>>> most recent
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ones set to NOVEMBER 2060, so I reverted back to 2.6.4-2 and
>>>>>> all was back well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After 2.6.7 came out I updated to it and got exactly the
>>>>>> very same result. All my
>>>>>>
>>>>>> entry dates were changed with the most recent set to
>>>>>> NOVEMBER 2060. So I
>>>>>>
>>>>>> reverted back to 2.6.4-2
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What could be the problem of this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for any help in advance
>>>>> That’s pretty strange. I take it these are the posted dates in the account registers? What backend are you using?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> John Ralls
>>>> FWIW - I ran into trouble when I attempted to use a non-standard date format ( the unambiguous ddmmmyyyy, eg 05Jul2015) rather than the default date format.  Reverted to the default format, no more date problem.
>>> Could you be more specific about that, please? Where did you set the date format and where were you seeing the incorrectly parsed dates?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John Ralls
>>>
>> If the "you" is nvsoar, then the answer to the questions are that I didn't set 'ddmmmyyyy' as a format; just entered the date in the register entries in that fashion.  This was several versions back and I am now unable to recollect the problem that I was unable to fix other than by using the default date format for my locale -(USA).
> Yes, nvsoar, I was replying to your message. So in your case you tried to enter the dates in a way that GnuCash doesn’t understand and they immediately were misunderstood. I think that’s rather different from what Detlef is reporting, but we’re still waiting for him to clarify.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
Roger - to clarify, the 'ddmmmyyyy' date entry was used for several 
months until I did something that upset Gnucash, and was subsequently 
properly chastised.

Off topic; yet pertinent - many thanks for your active participation in 
GnuCash development and support.

All the best from the Carson Valley,
nvsoar