It would be nice to be able to specify a default value for the credit card payment date after a reconcile, something like nnth of next month for example. I can't find anything in the preferences that seems to relate to this issue. At the moment for me it defaults to 'today' I think.
Colin On Thu, 30 May 2019 at 07:56, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > Thanks for that info Michael, > > Certainly, closing dates are guessed and probably attempt something like the > end of the previous month if close enough to the start of the next one, mid > month otherwise. (might be the case for the OP’s notice of the 16th being > chosen) > > As for default suggested payment dates, I guess that’s still an unknown, > though ‘current’ date as you mention (and as happens with the business > features) would seem a sane default choice the user could always override. > > Any insight you can offer on your next reconciliation would be helpful in > either pinning this down as a bug/enhancement opportunity or a case for > updating the documentation. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On May 30, 2019, at 1:45 AM, Michael Hendry <hendry.mich...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> On 30 May 2019, at 05:05, Adrien Monteleone > >> <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks David, > >> > >> Now that you mention it, I vaguely seem to recall this from reading the > >> documentation. (I might retain a bit of info I don’t need from time to > >> time) > >> > >> Is there anyone who uses this feature (or that programmed it?) who can > >> shed light on the date defaults? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Adrien > > > > > > Morning, Adrien. > > > > I use the reconciliation feature both for bank and for credit card accounts. > > > > The system “guesses” the statement date, and usually gets it right. > > Occasionally it’s a day out, I don’t recall an instance of more than that > > but couldn’t swear to it. > > > > The default date offered for credit card payments following reconciliation > > seems never to be correct. As I know I always have to change it, I haven’t > > paid much attention to the date offered, but I think it’s “today’s date” - > > I couldn’t swear that a date before today’s doesn’t occur (as in the OP’s > > case), but I don’t believe I’ve seen that. > > > > I’m using 3.5 on Mac OS X High Sierra, and will pay more attention with the > > next batch of reconciliations. > > > > Michael > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
