GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 486461
Cannot set date Oct-13, 2007 in a new entry
Last modified: 2018-06-29 21:51:52 UTC
I am using GnuCash with its spanish translation. So I will use the spanish names. Today October 13 I tried to set some expenses in a 'Caja' account. The date showed by default 'Oct.12'. I tried to set it manually by keyboard to Oct.13, and the date returned to 'Oct.12'. If I use the graphical calentar, Oct.13 could be 'selected' but it was not 'highlighted'. Therefore, for some reason I can't set the current date for that entry.
I can make the register print "oct.12" and all other dates as well here using the graphical calendar. Please check and report your short date format settings in Control Panel > Regional Settings > Adjust... A workaround may be to use keybindings like +/- and [/] without the popup.
I am able to change the date to Oct. 11, Oct. 12 or Oct 14, but not Oct 13. Problem happens only with October 13. Maybe this could be important: it is version build r16462 of 2007-08-20 for windows. I tried the key binding +/- and / suggested and the behavior is very curious: if I set a date under Oct 13 and I press several times '+' key, the date change sequence is: Oct 10 -> Oct 11 -> Oct 12 -> Oct 12 -> Oct 12 -> Oct 12 ... So, going down-top, the date get freezes at Oct.12 and it never sets Oct.13. If I set a date over Oct 13 and I press several times '-' key, the date change sequence is: Oct 15 -> Oct 14 -> Oct 12 -> Oct 11 -> Oct 10 ... So, going top-down the date *skips* Oct 13!!! Pressing '/' and typing "13-10-2007" is useless, because GnuCash changes the date back to "12-10-2007". Note that the set-up is "dd-mm-yyyy", and introducing dates like "14-10-2007" in GnuCash is perfectly allowed by all the methods (manual editing, /, pop-up). The windows setup for short date currently shows "14-10-2007" too (dd-mm-yyyy).
I am using the 2.2.6 svn r17438, and I have a similar problem. On mine, the graphical calculator will not allow me to select a date, and anytime I try to change the date from October 1, 2008, the date always returns. I noticed that there were problems with the 2.2.5 graphical calculator, but I could always change the date by typing it in. Now, I can't even type the correct date. I've also tried using the +/- key bindings, but they are ineffective. Oddly enough, I can still type dates in the registers, but not for reconciling or manual stock price updates, etc.
The date entry has changed quite a bit in GnuCash 2.2.7, may you please retest with that version? Thanks!
I tried with 2.2.7, and it works great.
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