change of transaction date during qif import

[Charles Day]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Georg Stapper <georgstapper at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I switched to gnucash 2.2.8 on Windows XP recently. I am just a bit worried
> what the qif importer is doing with the transaction dates, e.g.
>
> !Account
> NAssets:Current Assets:Cash
> D
> TCash
> /01.01.2002
> $0.00
> ^
> !Type:Cash
> D8.8.05
> U-10
> T-10
> N60
> M
> LExpenses:Other:EUR:Candice
> Cx
> ^
>
> results in a transaction for the 7th of August 2005 and not the 8th!
>
> How can I fix it?
>

I couldn't reproduce this with GnuCash 2.2.8 on a Mac. The date was imported
correctly as August 8th.

One question: When you imported the QIF, did you notice immediately that the
date was imported correctly? Or did you close GnuCash and only notice later?


> Best regards,
> G.
>

Cheers,
Charles