[GNC] GNUcash 5 - Trial Balance

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 4/27/2023 11:44 AM, Chris Bastock via gnucash-user wrote:
> Hi Hive Mind
> Apologies if asked before, I have searched and searched but can’t seem to find a definitive answer.
>
> I need to send a TB to my accountant and - as with last year - when I run the report I get a report that covers the entire period of my books I.e from day 1. This is despite setting the date range as either ‘start of accounting period’ to ‘End of accounting period’ (and yes I have checked in preferences that the dates are Corte to the previous financial year 22-23) OR the specific date range that covers the accounting period. Is there anyway to get a TB for the specific period. Am I doing something wrong and missing a setting somewhere else?
>
I am a little confused. You seem to be talking about a "trial balance" 
and a "date range"/

AFAIK, a trial balance is like the balance sheet. It would have a date, 
not a date range.

Michael D Novack

PS: Since having begun using computer apps for bookkeeping, I have never 
bothered with a "trial balance". Oh yes I remember those well, but back 
in the days when I was doing bookkeeping pen and ink on paper. Easy to 
make mistakes copying numbers. I have not encountered a single "posting 
error" when done by computer instead of human eye and hand. By which I 
mane that if something is ever entered out of balance, there will be a 
non-zero amount in the special account Imbalance.