[GNC] GNUCASH Android

[Geert Janssens]

On maandag 27 mei 2019 16:21:34 CEST John Ralls wrote:
> > 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

That looks like a reasonable workaround.

Geert