Net worth at the end of the month

[David Carlson]

On 11/28/2013 12:23 PM, Fabricio Lemos wrote:
> Thank you David.
>
> It wouldn´t necessarily have to be the last day of the month. As a matter
> of fact, it would be better if we could choose the day of the month that
> the net worth is calculated. I guess what I´m looking for is this:
> http://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request/suggestions/2695825-permit-the-start-and-end-of-an-accounting-period-t
> On Nov 27, 2013 9:12 PM, "David Carlson" <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/27/2013 1:54 PM, Fabricio Lemos wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I generated a Net Worth Barchart with Start Date as “Start of this year”
>>> and End Date as “End of this year” and “month” Step Size. With this
>>> configuration, the chart show the Net Worth at the first day of each
>> month.
>>> Is it possible to, instead of the first day, the Net Worth be calculated
>> at
>>> the last day of the month?
>>>
>>> I ask this because my salary sometimes is not paid at the first day of
>> the
>>> month, and, in the months that this happens, it is hard to compare with
>> the
>>> other months.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Fabricio
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>> That report works better when set to start on the first of the month.
>> If it is set to start on the last day of a 31 day month it gets confused
>> and shows balances on strange dates in some months.  See
>> <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639049> for details.  Also
>> see chapter 8.2 of the help manual nightly build edition.
>>
>> David C
>>
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you are talking about two different things here, but the answer for both
is the same as GnuCash is currently built.

The accounting period as described in the user voice page you listed can
be set to start on any specific date and end on on any specific date,
but there are not too many relative reference points for those who want
their accounting periods to automatically slide along the calendar.

The barchart and linechart reports have their own start date and end
date selections.  Those may also be specific or relative sliding dates
for the truly lazy users.

In either case GnuCash reports values at the end of the day on dates
named in the selection.  This is not the same as the beginning of the
start date or end of the day before the start date, which more closely
matches the expectations of some users.

The reports that have intermediate dates do get confused at the end of
some months and choose dates that seem strange when some start dates are
used.

David