Go Back   CDN Business Directory > Main Category > Microsoft Money

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Old 04-06-2007, 05:42 PM
Cal Learner-- MVP
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Transaction dates a day off after daylight savings time

In microsoft.public.money, maxine97 wrote:

- quote -

> I hope someone can help, I've searched online and cannot find anything.
> Since the daylight savings time change, the transactions are downloaded as a
> day earlier. For example, in my online banking the date says 4/2, but when it
> downloads, it shows 4/1, in which I have to manually change so it can match
> my acct. The dates are correct in my online banking acct. I'm using Money
> 2006 deluxe.
> Please help!


This would normally be a function of your financial institution. The
scenario is this: the institution states or implies a time of 00:00
on a given day . The institution marks the download file timezone as
earlier than your timezone. Money calculates that midnight at the
FIs timezone corresponds to 23:00 the day before in your timezone.
It's a sad situation.

This can also happens when the institution is in the same timezone,
but leaves the time zone info indicating they are using standard
time even tho the time has changed to daylight saving time.

The best outcome would be for the FI to timestamp the times to a
time during working hours. Alternatively they could leave the
timezone info out of the file, and Money would assume that the times
are in your timezone. The OFX specifications address this issue, and
tells how the institution should avoid the problem.

It would be really nice if Microsoft Money would not change the date
on you. While this would be a literal divergence from the OFX
specifications, it seems unlikely to hurt anybody, and it would help
many. OK, I guess it might hurt people near the international date
line.

A workaround that *you* can implement is to change your timezone to
eastern or GMT before processing the OFX downloads. Then change it
back afterwards.


  #-1  
Old 04-06-2007, 04:42 PM
maxine97
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Transaction dates a day off after daylight savings time

I hope someone can help, I've searched online and cannot find anything.
Since the daylight savings time change, the transactions are downloaded as a
day earlier. For example, in my online banking the date says 4/2, but when it
downloads, it shows 4/1, in which I have to manually change so it can match
my acct. The dates are correct in my online banking acct. I'm using Money
2006 deluxe.

Please help!
 

Tags
dates, day, daylight, savings, time, transaction
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
Transaction Dates
GsrRwr: Bill Gates just can't make it easier can he? Ever since my bank upgraded their software I am having the worst time with e-pay's & x-fers thru...
Microsoft Money 6 02-04-2007 05:57 PM
accepted transaction dates
Yvonne: Using Money 2004 Deluxe, V. 12.0 (update 1) by example: I write a check on 3/25, it clears my bank on 4/1. I download the transaction from my...
Microsoft Money 3 04-02-2006 02:23 AM
Transaction Dates Splits
kevin: If i have a cash withdrawl on Nov 30th and want to split this transaction into different categories for where i spend the cash. The problem lies in...
Microsoft Money 2 12-02-2004 02:57 AM



Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

All times are GMT. The time now is 08:47 PM.