QIF import - Inconsistent Date - How to fix?

[bunk3m]

   Thank you, David.
   I changed the Locale on my Mac to US and changed the date/time in
   Gnucash to Locale.
   I was able to get much further in the import process; read in QIF file,
   set-up & check accounts, categorize stocks, bonds, funds etc.
   But then it crapped out with error "A bug was detected while converting
   the QIF data."  OK.  And now what?  Now that description is as good as
   most Windows bugs!  If only it had a bug number or more info in the
   description, and I might have an idea of where to start.
   What bug might Gnucash be alluding to?
   Thanks again for your help.

   On 3/2/13 4:05 PM, David T. wrote:

   Try looking at this older thread:
   [1]http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2012-July/045330.htm
   l
   You might consider temporarily setting your date/locale preferences to
   UK for the import and seeing if that remedies the problem on import.
   David
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   From: bunk3m [2]<bunk3m at gmail.com>
   To:
   Cc: [3]gnucash-user at gnucash.org
   Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2013 12:57 PM
   Subject: Re: QIF import - Inconsistent Date - How to fix?
   My apologies.  The actual error message is:
   "Transaction date: Unrecognized or inconsistent format."
   On 2.03.2013 15:28 , bunk3m wrote:
   > I'm trying to move a huge QIF file (1.6MB) with nearly 20 years of
   data
   > in it over to gnucash.  I'm starting with a new empty gnucash file.
   >
   > The date format export from the old program uses the system date
   which
   > is dd.mm.yyyy.  (I am in Canada but prefer the dd.mm.yyyy format.)
   My
   > system date is therefore custom but shows dd.mm.yyyy.
   >
   > Gnucash is supposed to use the system date too????  I have set the
   > Europe as the Date Format so it also shows dd.mm.yyyy.
   >
   > How do I figure out which transactions create this "inconsistent
   date"
   > error?
   >
   > How do I fix the QIF so I can import all these transactions?
   >
   > Gnucash 2.4.11  r22264M
   > Mac OS Intel 10.8.2
   >
   > My searches haven't found a solution :-(
   > Please cc me directly as I'm on daily digest mode.
   >
   > Thanks in advance.
   > B.
   >

References

   1. http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2012-July/045330.html
   2. mailto:bunk3m at gmail.com
   3. mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org