No response from OFX server

[David Reiser]

On Jul 30, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com> wrote:

> ........
> 
>> while GNUcash is 1969, could the server be
>> failing because of such an old date?
>> 
> Probably NOT such an old date.
> 
> Unless you know for sure that an actual, valid, date of 1969 is intended, when you see a mysterious date of 1969 better to assume that this was "no date/time entered" problem (old timers like me remember the zero of computer clocks)
> 
> Michael

In this case, yes, 19691231 is intended. That's hardcoded by aqbanking (file r_accountinfo.c) to be the furthest back date available. The date is used the first time a user connects with a bank to ask the bank for any relevant info for the logged in user.
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Dave Reiser
dbreiser at icloud.com