[GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

[Gyle McCollam]

William,
Once you change the date in a register it will remain at that date until you change to another date.  If you have to enter old transactions in many accounts, you could change the system date and restart GNC.  That way "today's " date would be your system date.  No changes need to be made to GNC.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

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From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Dr. David Kirkby <drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2022 7:06 PM
To: William Prescott <will at theprescotts.com>
Cc: GnuCash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

On Mon, 26 Dec 2022 at 19:22, William Prescott <will at theprescotts.com>
wrote:

> Your post puzzles me.
>
> > I am trying to enter some transactions from March. Every now and again I
> > forget to change the date on something, so I get today’s date. Then I
> have
> > to go back to a backup file.
>
>
> Why? Can't you just edit the date on the transaction and change it.


I thought one wasn’t supposed to do that - at least in formula accounting.

>
>
> > It would be nice when entering historical
> > transactions if it was impossible to use todays date - one is forced to
> > change the date is something in preferences prevented todays date being
> > used.
>
> I must be missing something. Not being able to use today's day would make
> it impossible to enter transactions on the day they occurred. Are you
> asking for some switch that could be set before entering historical
> transactions? It seems like a cumbersome solution to a non-problem.


Yes, a switch for entering historical transactions.

>
> Will


Dave
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