Problem getting quotes

[John Ralls]

> On Jul 27, 2015, at 8:42 AM, David Reiser <dbreiser at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 27, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Hajo Hindirks <hhn10 at gmx.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I am a new user of gnucash, running the latest version on windows 8.1. I ran install-fq-mods.cmd and it installed strawberry perl, but there is an error message:
>> 
>> Undefined subroutine &main::Date_Init called at gnc-fq-helper line 350.
>> 
>> I thought it might be due to a missing Date::Manip, but that seems to be installed:
>> 
>> cpan> install Date::Manip
>> Date::Manip is up to date (6.50).
>> 
>> Please find below the output of install-fq-mods.cmd and perl gnc-fq-dump yahoo AAPL which seems to work fine. When I try to update the rate of EUR from within gnucash it fails without any specific error message.
>> 
>> What can I check to get FQ running?
>> 
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuCash\bin>install-fq-mods.cmd
>> * Check Perl
>> * Check Perl version
>> * Determine which Perl flavour we have found
>> - Other, probably Strawberry perl ?
>> * Install required perl modules
>> Database was generated on Sun, 26 Jul 2015 14:21:29 GMT
>> Updating database file ...
>> Done!
>> Finance::Quote is up to date (1.37).
>> 
>> * Run gnc-fq-check
>> 
>> ("1.37" "hustock" "ftfunds" "mtgox_aud" "mtgox_hkd" "morningstar" "bmonesbittbur
>> ns" "trustnet" "troweprice_direct" "bitcoin_sgd" "yahoo_nz" "known_currencies" "
>> bitcoin_aud" "stockhousecanada_fund" "fidelity" "nz" "unionfunds" "fetch_live_cu
>> rrencies" "platinum" "sixfunds" "fool" "bitcoin_nzd" "citywire" "mtgox_dkk" "mtg
>> ox_nzd" "mtgox_chf" "yahoo" "bitcoin_rub" "nasdaq" "yahoo_brasil" "asia" "uk_uni
>> t_trusts" "bitcoin_sek" "nyse" "maninv" "yahoo_australia" "bse" "adig" "nzx" "bi
>> tcoin_dkk" "indiamutual" "mtgox_sgd" "asegr" "bitcoin_usd" "canada" "bitcoin_thb
>> " "tiaacref" "brasil" "tdwaterhouse" "sixshares" "mtgox_pln" "bourso" "romania"
>> "amfiindia" "mtgox_jpy" "ftportfolios_direct" "mtgox_usd" "bitcoin_cad" "tnetuk"
>> "asx" "france" "bsero" "hu" "hex" "ukfunds" "morningstarjp" "bamosz" "za_unittr
>> usts" "dwsfunds" "lerevenu" "bitcoin_eur" "europe" "bitcoin_jpy" "yahoo_asia" "t
>> defunds" "mtgox_cny" "fidelity_direct" "bitcoin_gbp" "yahoo_json" "cse" "yahoo_e
>> urope" "bet" "seb_funds" "bitcoin_cny" "bitcoin_hkd" "finanzpartner" "usa" "comi
>> nvest" "mtgox_thb" "mstaruk" "bitcoin_chf" "ftportfolios" "finland" "mtgox_eur"
>> "troweprice" "goldmoney" "vanguard" "financecanada" "hungary" "bitcoin_pln" "gre
>> ece" "mtgox_sek" "deka" "bitcoin_nok" "hufund" "fundlibrary" "aiahk" "mtgox_gbp"
>> "aex" "usfedbonds" "za" "australia" "tsp" "canadamutual" "mtgox_rub" "dutch" "t
>> sx" "vwd" "mtgox_nok" "mtgox_cad")
>> 
>> * Run gnc-fq-helper
>> 
>> Undefined subroutine &main::Date_Init called at gnc-fq-helper line 350.
>> 
>> An error occurred, see above.
>> 
>> Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .
>> 
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuCash\bin>perl gnc-fq-dump yahoo AAPL
>> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
>>   symbol: AAPL                 <=== required
>>     date: 07/27/2015           <=== required
>> currency: USD                  <=== required
>>     last: 123.3171             <=\
>>      nav:                      <=== one of these
>>    price: 123.3171             <=/
>> timezone:                      <=== optional
>> 
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuCash\bin>
>> 
> 
> Finance::Quote has switched from using Date::Manip to using DateTime. There is a bug report posted in one of the F::Q places. You may need to figure out how Windows perls name their modules in order to get DateTime installed.

This hasn’t anything to do with Finance::Quote. It’s Gnucash’s gnc-fq-helper that uses Date::Manip for date string normalization.

Regards,
John Ralls