Importing from Moneydance

[David T.]

John,

Welcome to GnuCash.

Assuming that the overall file is in fact a QIF file, the error suggests that you look at how MD has formatted the dates. GnuCash doesn’t seem to like what’s there. Perhaps the dates are in European format, but your computer has US locale? 

You can look at QIF data; the files are just text. The Wikipedia article on QIF can help you if you need it. The date data element is on a line that begins with a “D” (sneaky, isn’t it!?).

For future reference, what operating system and version of GnuCash are you using?

David T.

> On May 2, 2017, at 5:01 PM, John Northey <johnnorthey01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I’ve given up on Moneydance after all the problems with their last update and would like to try GNUCash. 
> 
> I have exported the main file from Moneydance (which according to Moneydance is supposed to be .qif format). 
> 
> However, when I try and import the data into GNUCash the file does not show as a .qif file, and only appears under All Files. I try to import that but   I receive the message "Transaction date: Unrecognised or inconsistent format”. I have also  tried with individual accounts but get the same result.
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
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