[GNC] GNUCASH Android

[John Ralls]

> On May 27, 2019, at 7:28 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> 
> 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.

OK, pushed. Windows users can try tomorrow's nightly.

Regards,
John Ralls