Sort transactions by date within a day

[Michael Hendry]

> On 24 Jun 2015, at 01:50, GT-I9070 H <gti9070h at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2015-06-23 19:38 GMT-04:00 Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com <mailto:hendry.michael at gmail.com>>:
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> ..., but what happens if you remember today something you bought yesterday, and enter this transaction? Will it have yesterday’s date but today’s time?
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> What's the problem? The time (hh:mm:ss) is only to choose the order and to provide an approximate time.

For example, you wake up this morning, and realise that you didn’t enter a transaction from yesterday evening - you were out on a first date, and felt it might not go down well if you whipped out your Android device and recorded the cost of the dinner.

So you enter the transaction at (say) 9am.

This transaction will be dated yesterday, but timed at 9am, and will apparently have occurred before other transactions which were recorded yesterday.

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>> 2. You want to be able to read this field within Gnucash (as opposed to having it recorded “behind-the-scenes”).
>> No. With the field above we do not need be able to read this field.
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> What happens if you find you’ve made a mistake, and entered a group of transactions in the wrong order? If you can’t see the time-stamp, how can you edit it?
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> When I said "the field above" I was referring your n.1 item. When I said "this field" I was referring to your n.2 item.
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> So, in my answer, I say: With the first field of the transaction (date) that is already visible we do not need be able to read the hidden field that exists in GnuCash that stores the date time on which the transaction was created.

Considering my answer above, would you like to reconsider that suggestion.

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>> 3. You want to be able to sort transactions using this field.
>> Yes.  With the field above (Nº 1).
>> 4. You want to have a dedicated field which holds the location at which the transaction took place.
>> Yes. 
>> 5. You want to be able to see this on the screen too, and presumably sort using it?
>> Maybe.
>>  
>> It’s not clear how precise you want to be about location - is it general (e.g. ATM, Bank, Shop, My Desk)? Or is it specific (ATM outside Tesco Store in Dundee)?
>> E.g. The address of the store or a GPS coordinates for link to GoogleMaps!
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> This is taking what is intended to be a bookkeeping program in a new direction!
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> This direction is called MODERNITY! Or adapts, or DIE.

Time will tell!

Is there any commercially-available software that provides the features you require?

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>>  Maybe you could help persuade a dev to help us, or you do not like these improvements ??? 
> I have no use for them, myself, and I have a feeling that there won’t be huge support among Gnucash users.
> 
> It's sad, but, If you support someone when he needs, will be supported when you need !!!

Remember that this mailing list exists to support members in their use of Gnucash - in many cases users who ask “Why can’t I do this using Gnucash” find that another member has resolved the issue.

Also remember that any suggested new development must take its place in the queue for developer time.

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>> It’s always helpful to strip a request for help down to its essentials - you may even find that stating your question clearly allows you to see the answer yourself.
>> I did not understand well this English! 
> It took me a long time to understand what you were asking for in your original post.
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> My God, my English must be very bad! <330.png>

Your English is OK, but I hope you won’t be hurt if I suggest that your use of language to explain what you wish to achieve is imperfect.

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> If you want to get help from other people, it’s a good idea to make the question as simple as possible.
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> I have often found that breaking down a problem into its component parts so that it is simple to explain to someone else allows me to solve the problem myself.
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> Yes, true, but my first post only have a few words.
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> I hope this helps,
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> Yes, thank you very much! <330.png>
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> Regards
> GTI 
> 

Michael