[GNC] How to Trigger Immediate Entry of a Scheduled Transaction?

[G R Hewitt]

I agree with 'not tinkering with the date and time', this can throw
programs - or apps as they are now - into a quandry.
One of the fixes for some mac/iPod/phone problems was to ensure the date
and time were correct.

On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 at 01:57, Peter West via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Without having particular knowledge about scheduled transactions myself, I
> would strongly recommend suggestion 1 over suggestion 2. Don’t tinker with
> the time and date on your computer.
>
> —
> Peter West
> pbw at pbw.id.au
> `“And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun,
> and his clothes became white as light.”`
>
> > On 14 Aug 2025, at 10:50 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:47:51 -0600
> > Tom Route-36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I have a Scheduled Transaction setup to normally be entered a few
> >> days in the future from now.  But I want to enter it today instead.
> >> How do I trigger that Scheduled Transaction to be entered
> >> immediately?  I don't see any button or action that will do that.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >
> > Two suggestions
> > 1. Change the scheduled transaction to fire "a few days ahead". Trigger
> >   scheduled transactions to run "since last run" or exit and restart
> >   Gnucash. Check the transaction has fired and change the schedule
> >   entry to the future required date.
> > 2. Disconnect computer from the internet, alter the date on the
> >   computer. Start Gnucash, ensure transaction is entered, then put the
> >   computer back to correct date and reconnect to internet as desired.
> >
> > Both are fudges but could deal with your problem.
> >
> > Liz
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