Just FYI, I've found a workaround: I focus less on the start and more on the end of recurring transactions. With the following modification everything seems to work fine. Note the "negative Expenses" for KFW which compensate undue payments from january to march.
~ Monthly until 2016/12/01 Assets:Checking €1460.00 Income ~ Monthly until 2019/01/01 Expenses:Miete:new €500.00 Expenses:1u1 €50.00 Expenses:Papa €100.00 Expenses:Fahrkosten €120.00 Expenses:Stadtwerke €60.00 Expenses:Lebensmittel €500.00 Expenses:Lovefilm €2.00 Expenses:Kleidung €100.00 Expenses:Gesundheit €50.00 Assets:Checking ~ Monthly until 2019/01/01 Expenses:Bank €2.00 Assets:Checking ~ Monthly until 2016/05/01 Expenses:KFW €120 Assets:Checking ~ Monthly until 2016/03/01 Expenses:Miete:old €593.00 Assets:Checking ~Monthly until 2016/03/01 Expenses:KFW €-300.00 Assets:Checking ~ Monthly until 2019/01/01 Expenses:KFW €300.00 Assets:Checking ~ every 3 months until 2019/01/01 Expenses:Zwangsgebühr €54.00 Assets:Checking 2016/01/01 * Opening balances for January 2015 Assets:Checking €9170.00 Equity 2016/01/01 * Umzug Expenses:Umzug €1600 Assets:Checking 2015/01/01 * Amazon Prime Expenses:Sonstiges €50.00 Assets:Checking Am Samstag, 12. Dezember 2015 22:58:30 UTC+1 schrieb Phil Gee: > > Hi, due to losing a job and moving back into my hometown I would like to > use the forecast tool to estimate how long my savings last. I set up the > following: > > ~ Monthly until 2016/12/01 > Assets:Checking €1460.00 > Income > > > ~ Monthly from 2016/01/01 > Expenses:Miete:new €472.00 > Expenses:1u1 €50.00 > Expenses:Papa €100.00 > Expenses:Fahrkosten €120.00 > Expenses:Stadtwerke €60.00 > Expenses:Lebensmittel €500.00 > Expenses:Lovefilm €2.00 > Expenses:Kleidung €100.00 > Expenses:Gesundheit €50.00 > Assets:Checking > > ~ Monthly from 2016/01/01 > Expenses:Bank €2.00 > Assets:Checking > > ~ Monthly until 2016/05/01 > Expenses:KFW €120 > Assets:Checking > > ~ Monthly until 2016/03/01 > Expenses:Miete:old €593.00 > Assets:Checking > > ~ Monthly from 2016/04/01 until 2016/12/01 > Expenses:KFW €300.00 > Assets:Checking > > ~ every 3 months from 2016/01/01 > Expenses:TVFee €54.00 > Assets:Checking > > > 2016/01/01 * Opening balances for January 2015 > Assets:Checking €9170.00 > Equity > > 2016/01/01 * Umzug > Expenses:Umzug €1600 > Assets:Checking > > > As far as I understand --forecast, I should see the expected development > of my checkings account when I send the command ledger -f > Budget2016_ledger.txt --forecast "d<[2017]" reg assets:checking. However, > if I do that, I only get > > 16-Jan-01 Opening balances fo.. Assets:Checking €9170.00 > €9170.00 > > 16-Jan-01 Umzug Assets:Checking €-1600.00 > €7570.00 > > 16-Jan-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €9030.00 > > 16-Jan-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €-120.00 > €8910.00 > > 16-Jan-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €-593.00 > €8317.00 > > 16-Feb-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €9777.00 > > 16-Feb-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €-120.00 > €9657.00 > > 16-Feb-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €-593.00 > €9064.00 > > 16-Mar-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €10524.00 > > 16-Mar-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €-120.00 > €10404.00 > > 16-Mar-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €-593.00 > €9811.00 > > 16-Apr-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €11271.00 > > 16-Apr-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €-120.00 > €11151.00 > > 16-May-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €12611.00 > > 16-May-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €-120.00 > €12491.00 > > 16-Jun-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €13951.00 > > 16-Jul-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €15411.00 > > 16-Aug-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €16871.00 > > 16-Sep-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €18331.00 > > 16-Oct-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €19791.00 > > 16-Nov-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €21251.00 > > 16-Dec-01 Forecast transaction Assets:Checking €1460.00 > €22711.00 > > > So, all the Expenses from the second, third, sixth and seventh paragraph > are neglected. How can I fix this? > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.