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

[Derek Atkins]

You have a double slash...

-derek
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On July 28, 2018 3:10:52 AM "dlbonline" <dlbonline at cox.net> wrote:

> I cannot enter a date that old (the maximum I can set the read-only 
> threshold date is 3650 days).  But regardless, I continue to get the same 
> error message as indicated prior.  I have re-attached the message for your 
> review.  That error comes up after every digit of the year that I try to 
> enter.  Eventually, it will accept the year as entered.
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> David Briggs
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> <mailto:dlbonline at cox.net> dlbonline at cox.net
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> 918 625 9170
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> From: Chris Velevitch [mailto:chris.velevitch at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 9:19 PM
> To: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> Cc: dlbonline at cox.net; gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Entering a 2-digit year generates the wrong date
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> I am entering a valid date with a digit year with the delimiters e.g. 
> 10/12//10 which yields 10/12/1899.
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> On 27 July 2018 at 23:01, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us 
> <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us> > wrote:
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> 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
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>> On Jul 27, 2018, at 7:50 AM, dlbonline <dlbonline at cox.net 
>> <mailto:dlbonline at cox.net> > wrote:
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>> I am localized to US settings, and the date strings I have tried are:
>> 05/21/2018
>> 05212018
>> 05/21/18
>> 052118
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>> 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 <mailto:dlbonline at cox.net>
>> 918 625 9170
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gnucash-user
>> [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+dlbonline 
>> <mailto:gnucash-user-bounces%2Bdlbonline> =cox.net at gnucash.org 
>> <mailto: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 
>> <mailto:chris.velevitch at gmail.com> >
>> Cc: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Entering a 2-digit year generates the wrong date
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>>> On Jul 26, 2018, at 9:57 PM, Chris Velevitch <chris.velevitch at gmail.com 
>>> <mailto: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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