[GNC] Date error running report from gnucash-cli, report runs fine in GUI

[Geoff]

Hi William

Based on my interpretation of the gnucash-cli --help text, and this 
Reddit forum post, I don't think that it is possible to pass date 
parameters to reports from the command line.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GnuCash/comments/mf834b/how_to_use_gnucashcliexe_on_windows_to_run_a/

If you are au courant with Python you could probably achieve a 
transaction list for a custom date range fairly easily using PieCash:

https://github.com/sdementen/piecash

Good luck!

Regards

Geoff
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On 21/09/2022 9:38 am, William Starrs wrote:
> Update:  I tried also setting a fixed Start Date and end of "Today", as
> well as a fixed start and end date.  All configurations give the same
> error.  Again, no error in the GUI.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 3:27 PM William Starrs <wjstarrsiii at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to script a report that will show me all transactions on
>> credit cards since their last closing date.  I'll maintain closing dates
>> outside of Gnucash.  I have the report set to show me all transactions
>> since the start of the previous quarter (so it is rolling) through today.
>> I would then filter out transactions prior to the closing date in
>> post-processing.
>>
>> The report runs fine in the GUI, but when I try to run from gnucash-cli I
>> get the following error:
>>
>>      ERROR <gnc.engine.sx> Bad End Date: Invalid or before Start Date
>>
>> The -R show command shows options regarding the dates that ought to work:
>>
>> General / Start Date: relative . start-prev-quarter
>> General / End Date: relative . today
>>
>> So I can't think of a situation where the start of previous quarter would
>> be missing or before today.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bill
>>
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