Datestamp on Reports

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Mon Oct 7 13:12:49 EDT 2013


Hi,

Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> writes:

> Is there a simple way to add a datestamp to a report?
>
> I've been doing some tidying up, and would like to be able to
> distinguish a report I've just prepared from the current set of
> accounts from one I made some years ago.
>
> I have in mind something like "Balance Sheet 31/03/2011 - prepared on
> 7/10/2013" in the heading, or perhaps a more discreet footer.
>
> Am I missing something obvious?

No, you are not missing something.  None of the reports (AFAIK) have
this feature.  You could certainly create it by adding the scheme code
to print out the current date.

> I've scanned the documentation and the list and can't find anything relevant.
>
> I could export and edit an HTML version of the report, or I could
> export it and print it from my browser with a datestamped footer
> enabled, but bitter experience tells me I won't do this reliably!
>
> Over the years I've blundered around in the foothills of several
> computer languages, never mastering the heights of any, and I really
> don't want to have to apply the same suck-it-and-see approach to
> Scheme and Guile if I can avoid it.
>
> Michael

> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.

-derek

-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available


More information about the gnucash-user mailing list