use unicode instead of QDateTime

openlp/core/lib/settings.py

@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ class Settings(QtCore.QSettings):
         u'general/ccli number': u'',
         u'general/has run wizard': False,
         u'general/language': u'[en]',
-        # This defaults to yesterday in order to force the update check to run when you've never run it before.
-        u'general/last version test': QtCore.QDate.currentDate().addDays(-1),
+        u'general/last version test': u'',
         u'general/loop delay': 5,
         u'general/recent files': [],
         u'general/save prompt': False,

openlp/core/utils/__init__.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 """
 The :mod:`openlp.core.utils` module provides the utility libraries for OpenLP.
 """
+from datetime import datetime
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 import logging
 import locale
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ def check_latest_version(current_version):
     settings = Settings()
     settings.beginGroup(u'general')
     last_test = settings.value(u'last version test')
-    this_test = QtCore.QDate.currentDate()
+    this_test = unicode(datetime.now().date())
     settings.setValue(u'last version test', this_test)
     settings.endGroup()
     # Tell the main window whether there will ever be data to display