Alternate Accounting Period for Reports

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

MythX <jason at sheeponamission.com> writes:

> Hi, I use GnuCash for my personal finances, nothing fancy.  I recently
> started using the reports though and am running into a bit of a problem.  I
> get paid once a month, usually the last day of the month, sometimes a couple
> days prior to that.  Direct deposit rules around weekends and holidays throw
> it off.  
>
> Anyway, that paycheck I receive on 1/31/2015 will pay bills and such for the
> month of February.  What I'd like to do, is start my month on the 25th of
> the previous month, with the last day happening on the 24th of that month. 
> In the above example 2/2015, that month would go from 1/25/2015 to
> 2/24/2015.  
>
> Is there a way to set it such that when I set a report period to start on
> "1st day of previous month", and end "last day of previous month" it's aware
> of my alternate month?  My alternative is just to go into the report
> hardcode the start & end dates of the report, but I have to update them each
> month.

Sorry, no.  A month is a calendar month.

If you want other dates you need to specify them specifically.

> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jason

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-derek

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