[GNC] GC reconcile window problems

[John Ralls]

I had hoped that you would understand my question to be broader than the dates example: I want you to examine the 9 unreconciled transactions in the account and see if there are any differences between the four that are presented and the five that are not.

You didn’t answer the question about sub accounts.

What are these two cases? Different accounts where the reconcile window is presenting only four transactions and there are more unreconciled ones? Please provide more detail. 

Your use of the word “period” is causing confusion. A period is a set of contiguous dates with a beginning and an end. GnuCash’s reconcile process doesn’t work on a period even though your bank statement does. The window is supposed to display all unreconciled transactions—those with an ’n’ or a ‘c’ in the R(reconciled) column between the Account and left value column—regardless of date.

The default date in the reconcile information dialog (see the first attached screenshot) depends on a couple of things: There’s a preference in the Preferences Register tab to make it always today. If it’s not set then GnuCash will try to predict what the next date should be based on the last two reconciles. *But* if you’ve postponed a reconcile then that date sticks until you complete another reconcile. That may be why you’re seeing unexpected default dates. That date does two things: It sets the default statement amount to the account balance from the last transaction on the date and it sets the Last Reconciled Date for the account when you complete the reconciliation or the Reconcile Postponed Date if you postpone it. It has no effect on what transactions are presented in the Reconcile Window (see the second screenshot). You’re expected to change those fields if they don’t reflect the statement you’re reconciling.

Note also in that second screenshot the warning at the bottom of the window. There are a few possible warnings down there. Does the reconcile window show anything there on the accounts you’re having trouble with?

Regards,
John Ralls

> On Dec 25, 2025, at 20:00, ornd25 at tutanota.com wrote:
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> Two cases, two different accounts:
> Case 1. They are the first four transactions by ordered date - two debits followed by two credits. The Initial Reconciliation Window now shows the current reconciliation period, 11 Nov 2025 to 15 Dec 2025. (It did not originally show the correct date, but now it does after I changed it and saved.) The four transaction are the first four calendar reconciliation period transactions, i.e., two credits and two debits. 
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> Case 2. The transactions are also ordered by date. They include the first two debits in the reconciliation period and also the first two credits. Also, the Initial Reconciliation Window had defaulted to 31 March 2025 and I changed it to 30 November 2025 (but did not save). All transactions  between March and October are reconciled and are marked with a "y" so there is no reason that the default statement date should not be 30 November 2025.
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> It appears that the system wants the first two debits and the first two credits. If it had wanted the first four transactions, per se, it would have chosen no debits but rather all four would be credits.
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> Dec 25, 2025, 20:12 by jralls at ceridwen.us:
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>> Is there anything that distinguishes the 4 transactions that show up from the 5 that don’t? Are they the first 4, the last 4, or a seemingly random selection of the 9? Does the account you’re trying to balance have sub accounts and some of the transactions are actually in the sub accounts?
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>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
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