Wrong balance for period (gnucash 2.2.9.4 on OS X)

[Brendan Simon]

So what is the difference between 'Total (Period)' and 'Balance
(Period)' then ??

Are they the same thing ??  If so, then why have both ??

Thanks, Brendan.


On 9/03/10 11:06 PM, Mike or Penny Novack wrote:
> Brendan,
>
>   If it's an asset account then you are misusing "period". Accounts of
> type asset, liability, and equity are standing accounts. A Balance
> Sheet is normally "as of a certain date" and not "for some date
> interval".
>
>   When used with a date interval what you are seeing are the net
> changes to these accounts during that time interval. That's NOT the
> same thing as the overall balance. Perhaps useful information but
> different information.
>
> Michael