[GNC] reconcile dates

[Gyle McCollam]

Technically, if your credit union credits the January payment in December and you have access to  the money in December it should be credited in your books in December, not January.  However, if you enter it as January in your books, I can see why you would need to have Gnucash look past the end date.  This happens to me as well, but I record the transaction in the month it happens, not when it is supposed to happen.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

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From: David Reiser <dbreiser at icloud.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2023 5:43 PM
To: Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com>
Cc: Kevin T <nevikintx at yahoo.com>; David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>; Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] reconcile dates

My credit union activates deposits for my account when received. Deposits from outside that are intended for the first of the month are usually credited in the prior month. When that happens, I need gnucash to look beyond the end of the month for the transaction that represents a January payment credited in December, or my reconciliation will fail.
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Dave Reiser
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On Jan 7, 2023, at 5:27 PM, Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com> wrote:

I to don't see the need to include transactions whose date falls beyond the closing date of the reconciliation.  Gnucash could cutoff any transactions whose date is after the closing date.  However, I will say that I have gotten used to this little quirk and since I import most of my monthly transactions (and the financial institution knows how to cut off transactions beyond the closing date) using QFX, when I reconcile the needed transactions have already been checked and the ones after the closing have not.  Even though in a manual reconciliation you wouldn't even look at transactions after the closing date, it does no harm to include them.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email

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From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of David T. via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2023 3:54 PM
To: Kevin T <nevikintx at yahoo.com>
Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] reconcile dates

Your records and the bank's differ. The reconciliation date may include entries that you've entered with later dates, and how would GnuCash determine the proper cutoff?

Personally, I don't have trouble determining when the difference figure goes to 0.

⁣David T. ​

On Jan 7, 2023, 11:45 PM, at 11:45 PM, Kevin T via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
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
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