Dates in ofx download setup, brokerage data
John Ralls
jralls at ceridwen.us
Fri Dec 2 18:00:58 EST 2011
On Dec 2, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Martin Preuss wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> Am 02.12.2011 07:07, schrieb David Reiser:
> [...]
>> For credit cards, I have to back that date up one day to keep from missing batch
>> file date mismatches. (If I download transactions after midnight
>> on the 10th, aqbanking thinks I have transactions from the
>> 10th and effectively asks for transactions after the 10th. But transactions
>> that post at the end of business on the 10th aren't in that new list.)
> [...]
>
> Just for clarification: The start date is not chosen by AqBanking but by
> the application (i.e. gnucash). I my own applications I look for the
> latest which for which I have transactions in an account and use exactly
> that date as a start date. Of course this leads to duplicates which are
> however sorted out upon import.
>
> I don't know how gnucash determines this date, though.
It remembers the last download date and offers the user the choice of that or of using a date-picker.
Regards,
John Ralls
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