Questions about downloading

[Robert Smits]

At this point I have not yet begun downloading statements and adding them to 
Gnucash.

At my credit union, I have the choice of the following formats to download my 
accounts in; Quicken, Quickbooks, Microsoft Money, Simply Accounting, Comma 
Delimited or pdf. 

Any suggestion about which format would be best suited to import into Gnucash?

Second, how do I deal with the date discrepancies?

I've always entered my deposits, cheques, transfers, etc as they're done, but 
my credit union, of course, only sees the cheque when it clears - anywhere 
from a couple of days to a week after it's written. Will Gnucash change dates 
or show two cheques - one entered the day I wrote the cheque, one when it 
cleared?

If I sound a little confused, I am.

Bob.