Calendar pop-up defaults to Dec 31, 2999 (or 1899 or 1900) (Q Mac)
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Hi @absaroka,
Okay - the "solution" (which was an "accepted answer" in the message thread I referenced in my first post) worked for some people but only a few. As noted in the full thread this is a known matter that Quicken is working on and will be fixed in the next update. In the meantime it is suggested that you follow this work-around:
There are three solutions in the interim:
1. Click the Today button (one extra click)
2. Don't click the calendar popup; type the date instead
3. Don't click the calendar popup; use the keyboard shortcuts:
Just to clarify, it is only happening in the popup calendar, right? If this is happening to you for the date itself, that's a new twist. But in that case, methods 2 & 3 above will be the workaround until it's fixed.
You can read through the complete thread by clicking on the link at the bottom of my first post.
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Yes it is only happening in the popup calendar. I will either type in the corrected date if need be and I did try clicking on the today tab twice and it worked. Hopefully they get it fixed in the next update. Thank you Frank for your time and the information.
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When opening the date field and then the calendar icon, it shows Jan 1990 and not the current month. If you don't pay attention this may lead to moving a transaction backward to January 19900
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No problem, Allen - happy to help!
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@absaroka Please just read the comments in this thread; the answer on how to work around this bug has been posted multiple times above. In the date field, simply type "t" (or click the "today" button) and the calendar will jump to today's date. It's as simple as that to work around: press "t".Quicken Mac Subscription • Quicken user since 19930
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I cannot change any dates in my register after updating to Quicken Deluxe 2020 Mac version 5.15.2. I am running macOS 10.15.30
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Can you provide more info. How are you trying to change dates? Existing transactions only or new ones too? What happens, exactly, when you try to change a date? Screenshots or video captures would be helpful.Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s0
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Any date change whether existing or new transaction. Just trying to manual change the month, day or year. The calendar drop down defaults to Jan 1900. I can select from the calendar drop down but would have to scroll all the way to 2020.0
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@molashjj As the many posts above this show, this is a bug which was introduced in the recent 5.15.2 release. Quicken will undoubtedly fix it soon, but in the meantime it's easy to work around: just type "t" (for "today") and the calendar will jump to today's date.Quicken Mac Subscription • Quicken user since 19930
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It's an easy workaround if you want to use the current date but for any other date you then need to type it in instead of selecting it from the calendar....and often you don't know the day (e.g. you know it needs to be next Monday, for example) so having the calendar feature is helpful.
Obviously, this is not a critical function but it shouldn't be downplayed either. It's kind of worrisome that something so basic, which has been there forever, broke from an update.1 -
I have the same issue. What a pain.0
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Just adding mu 2 cents.... happening to me as well0
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robjcaldera said:It's an easy workaround if you want to use the current date but for any other date you then need to type it in instead of selecting it from the calendar....and often you don't know the day (e.g. you know it needs to be next Monday, for example) so having the calendar feature is helpful.
No one's downplaying it -- but when there is an easy workaround like this, it's not worth getting too upset over, either. It's probably a single line, maybe a single character of code that broke something, and since the 5.15.2 update was a minor one that was quickly released to fix a few bugs in the 5.15.1, it clearly wasn't caught in the limited testing they did. Should it have happened? No. Does s--t happen? Yes. Fortunately, this doesn't corrupt anyone's data, nor prevent anyone from using the program pretty much normally (once you know how to work around it), and presumably they'll have a .3 release soon to fix this bug.Quicken Mac Subscription • Quicken user since 19931 -
Some interesting observations about the workaround. I just played with it a bit because I never use the popup calendar normally. It seems the "t" doesn't work when you first pop up the calendar. You have to click the "Today" button on the calendar. Or, if you first use one of the other keyboard shortcuts (eg. +, -, m, h, etc) then the "t" works after that.Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s0
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Every time I go to enter a date the calendar goes back to January 1900. it just started happening. Does anyone else have this problem? Can never get anyone at Quicken Support.-1
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@RickO Yup, that's what I posted above:Type "t" to jump the calendar to today, then press + or - to move forward or back one day and the calendar will jump to that day -- so you can use the calendar just as you normally would.Regarding your observation, clicking the Today button in the calendar doesn't always work. When I click the Today button, it simply sets the date field to today and closes the calendar pop-up window; clicking the calendar icon again repeats the same issue. So for someone who wants to pick "next Monday" from the calendar, I think the sure-fire way is to press "t" then "+" and then the calendar is set to this month and can be used normally. Actually, today I'm seeing that just clicking "+" or "–" does the trick -- no need to press "t" first".
(I would also swear that this behavior has changed since this problem first surfaced at the end of last week, but since this functionality must be in the local code and is not server-based where Quicken could have changed something, I must be hallucinating. Too much time indoors? )
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Jacobs, regarding "When I click the Today button, it simply sets the date field to today and closes the calendar pop-up window". I'm still using 5.15.1 so I haven't seen this, but I can confirm that this is not how it works in all prior releases. I often set the calendar to "Today" and then need to back it up a day or two and the calendar has never closed on its own. I assume this will also be fixed in the next update.0
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When routinely entering checks in register, the calendar feature is defaulting to 1900s. Clearly a bug. Any update?0
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ugh - same here. seems a bank register program could get the date correct ;-)0
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Pop up calendar is broken. Defaults to January 1, 1900 for me. If I click the Today button it changes to today's date and the month calendar remains open. I can select a date from the mini calendar but when I release and reopen the calendar it again defaults to January 1, 1900. Clearly a bug with the latest update to 5.15.2 Hope someone is working to fix this.1
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Yep I am having same issue after today's update to the 5.15.2 build Mac user. I get a pop up calendar with December 1899. Hoping that Quicken community comments can get with programmers to send out a fix soon. Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.0
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I can't not add a date for this year using the calendar0
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My registers calendar is using the date Jan 1900 and I can't select the appropriate date.0
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PLEASE READ the answers above before posting. Yes, there is a bug in the calendar in the recent 5.15.2 release. When the calendar shows it's in 1900, press the + sign to jump it to 2020. That's it. One key; problem solved (well, worked around). We assume the bug will be fixed in the next release, but in the meantime, it's really simple to work around.Quicken Mac Subscription • Quicken user since 19930
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For any transaction, the calendar drop down selection defaults to Jan 1, 1900. One work around is to select "Today" or manually change any part of the date field to get the current calendar displayed. Quicken Deluxe 2020 Version 5.15.2 (Build 515.33015.100)0
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I noticed that too. It is awful to do that every time. Is there a plan to fi it?0
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When manually entering a new transaction the default date is very old, not the current date. How do I get the initial date default to today's date?0
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Since the Quicken for Mac Version 5.15.2 (Build 515.33015.100) was released, whenever you go and use the calendar on a transaction, the default month is "Dec 1899"!0
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In Quicken Deluxe for Mac 2020 - Version 5.15.2 - when i open the calendar in a transaction, it defaults to 1/1/1900. Why?? Fix? This started within the past few months. I can't seem to find a way to make the transaction's calendar open to the current month.0
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