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Bug 707854 - Transaction dates change when local time zone is changed
Transaction dates change when local time zone is changed
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 137017
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Register
2.4.x
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnucash-ui-maint
gnucash-ui-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-09-10 12:39 UTC by David Carlson
Modified: 2018-06-29 23:18 UTC
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Description David Carlson 2013-09-10 12:39:34 UTC 
I was told that this is a very old bug but I could not find it when I searched Bugzilla.

For my example, I live in the Central Time zone.  I take a vacation to the Pacific time zone and adjust my Linux computer clock to show Pacific time.

Now transactions are dated one day earlier that they were when the computer was set to Central time.  E
Comment 1 David Carlson 2013-09-10 13:40:38 UTC 
My keyboard froze before I was finished.  I had to re-boot.
I am using release 2.4.11 in the Ubuntu 12.04 Linux computer, working on a file that was mostly built in a Windows 7 environment, recently using release 2.4.13, but not touched by releases 2.5 1 or following.

I can flip the timezone of the Ubuntu 12.04 Linux computer back and forth between Central time and Pacific time and watch the register dates change after refreshing the window by switching to another GnuCash tab and back.

I would expect the register dates to remain unchanged regardless of the local time zone displayed on the computer screen. 

If I do a similar experiment in a Windows 7 environment using release 2.4.13, I find that the dates do not change immediately after changing the time zone from Central to Pacific, but if I close GnuCash and re-open the file, then the dates have changed.

When I change the computer time zone back to Central time and close and re-open the Gnucash data file, dates are again correct.  

This bug would be a killer for anyone who moves west by a significant distance.
Comment 2 John Ralls 2013-09-22 03:55:34 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 137017 ***
Comment 3 John Ralls 2017-09-24 22:47:53 UTC 
Reassign version to 2.4.x so that individual 2.4 versions can be retired.
Comment 4 John Ralls 2018-06-29 23:18:57 UTC 
GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. This bug has been copied to https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=707854. Please update any external references or bookmarks.