[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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