No validation on date entry

[Wm]

On 20/02/2016 21:55, Nelson Handcock wrote:

> As I work my way through the list of payments (there can be quite a few),
> I've sometime entered the date incorrectly - simple typo errors.
> 
> I've noticed in GN that you can enter any kind of value in the payment date
> field, and it will turn it into a nonsensical date and happily save the
> transaction.
> For example, if I enter 31/15/15 (DMY format - the month should be 12) - GN
> interprets this as "31/12/1898".
> 
> The problem I find is that later on (if I haven't noticed the typo), it is
> quite difficult to find and correct the error.
> 
> So I'm wondering - shouldn't date fields have a basic validation routine so
> that dates that are obviously incorrect be highlighted as an error? I think
> this is similar to amount fields where you should get an error if you try
> to enter non-numerical data. ie. - the day part has to be between 1 - 31,
> the month part has to be between 1 - 12.

Try Edit > Preferences > Date/Time then
  Date format
  Date completion

The idea is you set it so that it accommodates your  preferred entry method.

Going by the above I'd simply not enter the year any more, thus saving
yourself some keystrokes and simultaneously improving your accuracy.

Using your example above and mangling my ISO dates to dd/mm/yyyy
entering 31/15 gives me 31/12/2015 which isn't far off if you think
about it.

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Wm