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

[John Ralls]

Set the read-only threshold to 0 to turn off the read-only by date feature. 

I can partly reproduce your situation--it seems that the vendor bill entry (and probably the invoice and expense entries as well, they share a lot of code) is doing date detection during input. I also get a warning about dates being out-of-range if I begin with a 2018 date and backspace away the 8.

I think that’s separate from Chris Velevitch’s problem which he reports affects all registers.

Regards,
John Ralls




> On Jul 27, 2018, at 10:31 PM, 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
> dlbonline at cox.net <mailto:dlbonline at cox.net>
> 918 625 9170 <tel:918%20625%209170>
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> From: Chris Velevitch [mailto:chris.velevitch at gmail.com <mailto:chris.velevitch at gmail.com>] 
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 9:19 PM
> To: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us>>
> Cc: dlbonline at cox.net <mailto:dlbonline at cox.net>; 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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> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto:dlbonline at cox.net>
>> > 918 625 9170
>> > 
>> > 
>> > -----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
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >> 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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