[GNC] Precision in exchange rate conversion
Derek Atkins
derek at ihtfp.com
Wed Feb 19 13:18:55 EST 2020
Hi,
Paul Abraham <paul at acasa.org.uk> writes:
> I have real world transaction that involves a transfer from a GBP to a
> BRL account but cannot get it to accept either the correct value in BRL
> or the actual exchange rate. It insists on truncating the rate to 3
> decimal places (or 4 sig figs?) and adjusting the amount to match, even
> though the "Transfer Funds" window suggests it's working to 6 DPs - .
> How do I fix this? Details are:
> OS: 4.19.102-1-MANJARO
> Gnucash version: Version: 3.8 (Build ID: 3.8b+(2019-12-29)) - the
> latest in the Manjaro repository.
> Amount in GBP: 1975.10
> Amount in BRL: 11102.12
> Exchange Rate: 5.62104
> Gnucash forces exchange rate to 5.621000 resulting in BRL value of
> 11,102.04
The exchange rate is computed; so ignore that and just enter the correct
values for GBP and BRL and ignore what exchange it gnucash claims.
> Thanks
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-derek
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Derek Atkins 617-623-3745
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