[GNC] GNUCASH Android

[John Ralls]

> On May 27, 2019, at 1:48 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> 
> Op zondag 26 mei 2019 16:01:07 CEST schreef John Ralls:
>>> On May 26, 2019, at 3:27 AM, nor via gnucash-user
>>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am aware that it is not a part of GNUC development. However it a lovely
>>> app on move specifically to view records/transactions from
>>> desktop.Unfortunately, Desktop XML ver 3.5 is not compatible with android
>>> version and hence cannot be imported.XML file in uncompressed. Appreciate
>>> advise.regardsnor
>> 
>> In which does the file not open, GnuCash or GnuCash for Android. On what
>> operating system for GnuCash? Have you tested earlier GnuCash versions? If
>> so, what is the latest one that works?
>> 
>> We haven't made any changes to the XML file schema in many years, so it's
>> unlikely that that's the problem.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
> 
> I just saw a ticket coming in on GnuCash for Android's bug tracker which 
> complains about not understanding the date format.
> 
> I can't find a public link to this ticket unfortunately, however here's the 
> content:
> 
> -----------------
> hello, when i try to open a file saved with gnucash desktop v.3.5 (linux) i 
> receive an error on the datetime format.
> The errore says: "unable to parse transaction time - 2011-12-05 23:00:00"
> 
> I looked into the XML file but I don't see anything strange. This date is 
> under the <gnc pricedb version="1"> node.
> 
> I hope you can help me.
> thank you
> -----------------
> 
> Did we change something in that area ?

Yes, I changed the times to save as UTC with no timezone offset instead of the local time with an offset to turn it back to UTC. Our parser didn't need any changes, seems GforA's doesn't take that into account. Since Ngewi seems to be busy with other stuff maybe I should make it write out a 0000 offset on each date to accommodate him.

Regards,
John Ralls