[GNC] Time zone workaround?

Clayton Dewey claytondewey at riseup.net
Sat Oct 20 14:40:16 EDT 2018


Thanks, that's a good idea. I'll take that approach in the meantime.
Long term, is this issue scheduled to be fixed in a future release?
Would some level of financial support help make that happen? I imagine
this is an issue for other geographically distributed companies.

Thanks,
Clayton

On 10/20/18 12:08 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> Possibly create a separate user account on the computer just for using GnuCash and set it to EST — not convenient, but certainly avoiding confusion. Consider setting a different screen background so you know at a glance which user you are working with.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
>> On Oct 20, 2018, at 12:59 PM, Clayton Dewey <claytondewey at riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I recently joined a company that uses GnuCash and have been enjoying
>> learning the application.
>>
>> We are a distributed company and do all business in EST, while I reside
>> in MST. I know there is a bug in GnuCash where if I save a file in my
>> timezone it overrides the transaction date and time to MST.
>>
>> To avoid this, it seems that I would need to somehow tell GnuCash to
>> ignore my computer's timezone and keep it in Eastern Standard Time. Is
>> this currently possible? Are there any workarounds I can employ other
>> than changing my computer's time zone to EST (I tried that and it just
>> confused me :))?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Clayton
>>
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