[GNC] Manual Exchange rates

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Mahir <mmahirf at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi guys, 
>
> I have an issue with how Gnucash fetches exchange rates.
> I made an entry on a particular date between two currencies and manually
> entered the FX rate in the price editor with the same date.
> However the system takes the latest date for the FX rate. How can I correct
> this to use only the given date?
>
> I made an entry between an account in currency SAR and another account with
> the same currency on 18/03/2019. My locale currency is LKR. The FX rate on
> this day was SAR1 = LKR47.
> However prior to this I had an entry dated 21/03/2019 where the FX rate was
> @1:47.
> In the accounts page as well as any generated reports, it uses the latter
> rate for conversion to my locale currency.
> Any help on how to make it take the same date?

It always tries to use the most recent (or closest-to-date) exchange
rate.  So of course March 21 will take precendence over March 18.

Considering both at 1:47 I don't see the problem.

> I tried searching for this on the forum but could not find anything that
> solves this issue.

> Thanks in advance guys.

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-derek

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