Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2008 22:04 schrieb Charles Day: > OK, here's an idea. I'm interested in seeing the reaction. Maybe it's > stupid, maybe not. > > 1. Store transaction timestamps in UTC.
Transactions currently store two timestamps, see http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/HEAD/structtransaction__s.html Timespec date_entered; /* date register entry was made */ Timespec date_posted; /* date transaction was posted at bank */ I assume we're discussion the date_posted here. For the reasons that have been discussed in the "Re: time_t" thread in length, I don't think storing this in UTC really solves the problem at hand. Instead, I propose a different approach: Change the date_entered field of a transaction into a GDate. > 2. Set a timezone for each account. I think the case of different account timezones inside the same gnc_book is an extreme corner case. Wait a second - that's the European point of view. Is this different in North America? From a European point of view, I think the UI necessary to handle one timezone per account is an insane overkill that no one will understand at all. Instead, if at all, a book should store one timezone and that's it. > 3. In account registers, the transaction date is displayed according to > that account's timezone. If date_posted were a GDate, the transaction date is simply that date. > 4. In account registers, entering/altering a transaction date is always > done in terms of that account's timezone. Yes. > 5. Add report options allowing the user to pick a reporting time and > timezone I don't think this could be presented in a UI that isn't grossly misunderstandable to the vast majority of users (though again, that's the point of view of contries which don't have more than one timezone). Instead I would simply choose the local timezone for each report, as it is currently. > 6. Allow users to specify the time of day for transactions. (Perhaps > optional.) No, even though this is being asked for in that very old bug, I don't think this will improve the situation, let alone the UI. > For example, as I move > around the globe, altering my computer's timezone wouldn't affect how > transactions are displayed This, as everyone confirmed so far, is still clearly a bug and needs to be fixed in any case. Regards, Christian _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel