gnucash-1.8.9 does not recognize date field from wachovia downloads

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Martes Wigglesworth <martes.wigglesworth at earthlink.net> writes:

> I appologize, but I only have memory of the incidents. Cannot use the
> 1.8.9 due to this problem, so don't have it installed anymore.  I can
> tell you that in the following scenario, I would get a rediculous date
> in the appropriate field:
>
> Downloaded current banking transactions from bank.
> File>Import>ofx>file.qfx
> "edit the entries with the nifty import/reconsile tool"
>>finish
>
> Then I look at the date fields for the newly imported transactions, and
> they have dates like 01012000 or something like that.  I don't have the
> problem with regular transactions, so that is why I think that it is an
> import field read error.  
>
> I am a bit dismayed that noone has pointed this out, because I have
> experienced this on Suse linux 9.0, and my current system, listed in my
> signature.
>
> Any help is appreciated.

This is a data-specific error.  Unless you can provide example data
that causes the error (i.e., provide your QFX file) there is no way
to debug this problem.

-derek

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