Crashes and Incorrect Reconciliation Dates

[Mark Phillips]

I am using GnuCash 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 with 16 MB of RAM, core i7, dual
SSD drives. I have a file that I have been using for almost 4 years. I just
noticed two odd behaviors.

1. I was trying to load all the transactions for one checking account for
Jan - Dec 2013. In particular, I am looking at the reconciliation date.
However, if I try to select more than the data for Jan - Jul, the program
crashes. The program does not crash when I select Jan - Jul, or Aug - Dec,
or Feb - Aug, or each month individually. If I pick another account with
fewer transactions, I can load the entire year of transactions, Jan - Dec.

Could I be running into a memory problem - ie not enough memory to load the
entire year of transactions for this one account? The whole program
crashing seems a rather inelegant way to tell the user there isn't enough
RAM to complete a command.

2. I noticed all the reconciliation dates are the last date of the month,
regardless of when I reconciled the accounts. I also write the date on the
bank statements when I reconciled the account, and my notes do not match
what GnuCash is telling me. Also, the bank statements always end on the
last day of the month, so there is no way I can reconcile the account until
after the third or fourth day of the next month - it takes a couple of days
for the bank to create the monthly report.

What am I missing in the reconciliation process that the date shown in
GNuCash is incorrect?

Thanks!

Mark