Publisher v2.3.1 Field: Document Statistics Printed/Exported: Time error.

[Vdbarch]

The time set in Printed/Exported field is set to UK GMT and this is different from my MacOs system Sonoma 14.2.1 time, which is GMT+1.

Is this a setting or is it a bug?

[MikeTO]

There's a known issue with Sonoma and time zones. Serif has it on their list but it may be something Apple has to fix.

 

[Vdbarch]

With MacOs 15 Sequoia the time stamp error is back again, but now 2 hour difference. 

Time 15:00h will be: Printed stamp as: 13:00h

[JuBe]

Is there a way to at least select the time zone we're in until there is a fix that correctly syncs the date and time in Affinity Publisher with the Mac system?

[MikeTO]

There's no workaround that I'm aware of.

It is currently 9:42 PM EDT but Affinity think it's tomorrow at 1:42 AM.

[Alfred]

4 hours ago, MikeTO said:

It is currently 9:42 PM EDT but Affinity think it's tomorrow at 1:42 AM.

You posted that four hours ago. It’s now shortly after 6:42 AM BST (i.e. 5:42 AM GMT/UTC) in the UK, so four hours ago it would have been shortly after 1:42 AM GMT/UTC.

[JuBe]

Well if any developers out there come across this post, even if it is not something that you can fix, and it has to be fixed on Apple's end, I would be very appreciative if an option could be added to at least let us choose a time zone so the time offset can be correct.

[GarryP]

9 minutes ago, JuBe said:

Well if any developers out there come across this post

It has an official tag (AF-681) so Serif are aware of it and they have logged it in their system for consideration (at least).

When a fix becomes available in a new version of the software, the Affinity Info Bot will post a message to say so, and if you follow a thread that has a tag you will get a notification when a fix has been made.

[JuBe]

No worries, @GarryP. I just thought they wanted us to post something if we came across the issue again (after they thought it was fixed).

[Vdbarch]

Just updated to MacOs 15.1 and the time stamp error has changed from 2 hour prior to 1 hour prior... Still the same error, but now only 1 hour difference. 

[MikeTO]

5 minutes ago, Vdbarch said:

Just updated to MacOs 15.1 and the time stamp error has changed from 2 hour prior to 1 hour prior... Still the same error, but now only 1 hour difference. 

No change for me, it's still using GMT.

[Vdbarch]

Now I got it, last weekend we switched from Summer Time to Winter Time, that was 1 hour back. OK, error still exists.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Time zone offset is not detected on macOS Sonoma, causing Document Statistics and exporting Page Information to be incorrect" (REF: AF-681) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.2.3187). The fix is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Affinity Info Bot to notify us.