[GNC] reconcile dates

[Kevin T]

Is there some reason that the reconcile feature looks past the closing date specified?
I have imported numerous months of transactions for an account.  Trying to reconcile only the first month with 0 balance and 0 transactions before the starting date.  I provide the 'statement date' to the reconcile feature and it brings up every transaction entered, even the ones after the 'statement date'.  
This is not how a person would reconcile this.  We could concern ourselves with on the transactions that occur before the closing date 'statement date'.
Is there something I am missing ?
Kevin