That’s a fair point Wm, manually changing the system locale is something I’m open to trying out in the coming days.
In terms of a fix if it is being considered I would suggest that the books default currency setting should always take precedence over the systems settings. I am all set for now (by remembering to update the currency for each new vendor) but happy to help with more screenshots or info if someone if planning a fix or wants me to test a change. Regards, Yazad On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 9:18 AM Wm Tarr <[email protected]> wrote: > Reading through the thread my guess is there is a bug where the business > functions, specifically creating Customers / Vendors, are checking the > OS for locale information instead of using the default currency. If I > am right the sensible way to fix this is to set your locale to Canada, > is there a reason you have it as en-US? Anyway, you can at least test > my theory by setting it to Canada and seeing if the Customer / Vendor > default currency behaviour changes too. > > Wm > > On 2026-09-24 07:30, Yazad Khambata wrote: > > Thank you Liz for investigating and sharing. I haven't tried anything on > > the customer side yet. The issue I am noting above is associated with > > Vendor and Bill. In my case I was able to create a bill but unable to > post > > it until I ensured that the vendor's payment information was explicitly > > updated to CAD (the fact that the vendor was by default associated with > USD > > wasn't apparent to me at first). > > > > Also mapping my use-case to your PoC - my locale is en-US, not sure what > > install I have. I created a CAD book and expect all my transactions to be > > in CAD. The vendor was created by default with USD payment information > (not > > something I was expecting). > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 1:59 PM Liz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:43:41 -0700 > >> Yazad Khambata <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Yes everything in my books is expected to be in CAD. The issue was > >>> despite choosing CAD as the currency during the book's setup, when I > >>> create a new vendor, it was setting the vendor's default currency to > >>> USD. This wasn't obvious at first since the currency info is on a > >>> separate "Payment Information" tab of the "New Vendor" dialog. Added > >>> a screenshot to show this. My books are for CAD but the new vendor is > >>> selecting USD by default and if this is not corrected, it prevents > >>> posting the bills from said vendor. > >>> > >>> Hoping this demonstrates the issue. I am no longer blocked since I > >>> discovered that the currency needed to be fixed with each new vendor I > >>> create. > >>> > >>> I am suspecting on possible issue could be that the locale on my > >>> system is US but I am working on books for Canada. Which is why I > >>> feel despite me setting the default currency as USD the Vendor flow > >>> is not respecting the choice and probably defaulting to the system > >>> locale. This is just a hunch. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Yazad > >> My computer locale is AU. My Gnucash install is in AU. > >> I created a new book for a new entity and then I had a new customer > >> created in USD. > >> All my dealings are in AUD, and I couldn't make an invoice. > >> > >> Liz > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> ----- > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
