[GNC] Entering a 2-digit year generates the wrong date

[Chris Velevitch]

I am entering a valid date with a digit year with the delimiters e.g.
10/12//10 which yields 10/12/1899.

On 27 July 2018 at 23:01, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> Delimiters are required for date entry, so the second and fourth versions
> won’t work. I had no trouble with the first and third on the Vendor bill
> entry form.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
> > On Jul 27, 2018, at 7:50 AM, dlbonline <dlbonline at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > I am localized to US settings, and the date strings I have tried are:
> > 05/21/2018
> > 05212018
> > 05/21/18
> > 052118
> >
> > The first one  gets the closest.  This appears to be a problem only on
> the
> > vendor bill entry form, and no other forms that I have tried (which is
> just
> > a few).
> >
> > David Briggs
> > dlbonline at cox.net
> > 918 625 9170
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gnucash-user
> > [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+dlbonline=cox.net at gnucash.org] On Behalf Of
> > John Ralls
> > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 9:06 AM
> > To: Chris Velevitch <chris.velevitch at gmail.com>
> > Cc: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Entering a 2-digit year generates the wrong date
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Jul 26, 2018, at 9:57 PM, Chris Velevitch <chris.velevitch at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> When I enter a new transaction with a 2-digit year, the resultant date
> >> becames1899. For example, I enter 10 for the year and I get 1899 when
> >> I expect to get 2010. This worked in 2.x.
> >
> > I just tested on 10.14 beta and got the expected 2010. What are your
> locale
> > settings and what string did you enter for the date?
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
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