[GNC] Security timezone

[Fred Tydeman]

So, does it matter what Timezone I pick for a security in the Security
Editor?
In particular, "Use local time" versus "America/New_York"?

On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 6:57 PM john <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
> > On Apr 2, 2023, at 1:37 AM, Fred Tydeman <tydeman.fred at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am talking about price quotes.  I am trying to get month end and
> quarter end valuations.
> > So that I can compare what GnuCash has versus statements from broker (to
> see if I have
> > any missing or wrong transactions).
> >
> > In a couple of years, I plan on living full time on a ship as it travels
> around the world.
>
> So the problem is that the quotes were as usual undated and although it
> was still 31 March at home it was 1 April where you are now and since the
> quotes didn't have a date on them GnuCash was marking them as 1 April, and
> that breaks reports using the nearest before price source.
>
> The easiest way to handle that is to set the TZ variable to whatever time
> zone the market you're interested is in, but there's no good solution even
> possible if you hold securities traded in multiple time zones, especially
> if some are in Asia and others in America.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>