[GNC] OFX import date questions

Adrien Monteleone adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net
Fri Dec 30 16:48:31 EST 2022


I'll let others who use this feature provide more specific advice, but 
as to the general question of dates matching:

I wouldn't expect my dates to match the bank's records.

My dates would always be the date of the real-world transaction.

The Bank's dates would be when the bank cleared it, which is rarely the 
same as the real event.

The 'Art of Reconciliation' is teasing out from the limited bank info 
that I started a month with a certain balance, and that a particular 
list of transactions results in a certain ending balance. I should have 
all of those transactions in my books. Their dates are not critical, 
though usually are *near* the period I'm reconciling. I may have others 
not yet cleared as well.

Hope that helps a bit.

Regards,
Adrien

On 12/30/22 3:35 PM, Simon Roberts wrote:
> I imported some transactions using OFX. Several things surprised me, but
> the one that I think needs resolving first is that the transaction dates do
> not match the bank statement.



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