[GNC] Time zone workaround?

[Adrien Monteleone]

A developer would have to chime in on those questions.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Oct 20, 2018, at 1:40 PM, Clayton Dewey <claytondewey at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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