Fwd: problems importing visa credit account .qif files: FIXED

Elizabeth Dodd edodd at billiau.net
Sat Oct 15 03:06:48 EDT 2005


On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:02, Kiko Barahona wrote:
> Hi,
> I opened them .qif files with TextWrangler in order to compare them,
> this is what was different:
> Each entry has a date, in the good qif file (the one that imported no
> problem) the format is:
>
> D10/7/2005
>
> that's for Oct. the 7th 2005, what that D means, I don't know. The visa
> qif file that wouldn't import was formatted as:
>
> M10/7/2005
>
> I did a search and replace to turn those pesky M's into goodie D's, and
> presto, the file loaded OK.
> As to what the Ms and Ds mean (day, month?) maybe somebody else can
> throw some light on this. The dates appear correct once in gnucash when
> compared with the online statement.
> Thanks
>
> Enrique
I'm guessing, but there is place in the qif dialogue which asks you if the 
format is month:day:year or day:month:year
and that may help

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