From 6925192aff91524e4c9ae4f3ef847095e4029e17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geert Janssens <janssens-geert@telenet.be>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:08:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Bug 497831 - Can't change the date of a transaction with
 certain locales

This patch fixes the issue for the cs_CZ locale.
---
 src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c
index 49738b7916..2bfbf7d100 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c
@@ -1121,10 +1121,30 @@ qof_scan_date_internal (const char *buff, int *day, int *month, int *year,
         if (buff[0] != '\0')
         {
             struct tm thetime;
+            gchar *format = g_strdup (GNC_D_FMT);
+            gchar *stripped_format = g_strdup (GNC_D_FMT);
+            gint counter = 0, stripped_counter = 0;
+
+            /* strptime can't handle the - format modifier
+             * let's strip it out of the format before using it
+             */
+            while (format[counter] != '\0')
+            {
+                stripped_format[stripped_counter] = format[counter];
+                if ((format[counter] == '%') && (format[counter+1] == '-'))
+                    counter++;  // skip - format modifier
+
+                counter++;
+                stripped_counter++;
+            }
+            stripped_format[stripped_counter] = '\0';
+            g_free (format);
+
 
             /* Parse time string. */
             memset(&thetime, -1, sizeof(struct tm));
-            strptime (buff, GNC_D_FMT, &thetime);
+            strptime (buff, stripped_format, &thetime);
+            g_free (stripped_format);
 
             if (third_field)
             {