I tried hyphens instead of slash and its not working. > 06-01-2012 OFFICE Error: Invalid date: 06-01-2012 While parsing file "Jan_to_Jun_Acct", line 28: While parsing transaction:
Maybe I need to restart Ledger before the effects can take place? On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 8:42:11 AM UTC+8, Michael Norrish wrote: > > Use hyphens rather than slashes? > > Michael > > On 09/10/2012, at 5:31, David <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > I am not sure if 2 digits will work for month as I also have an error for > 2 digit month, as shown below. > > While parsing file "Jan_to_Jun_Acct", line 33: > While parsing transaction: > > 08/01/2012 > Error: Invalid date: 08/01/2012 > > Any other input? > > What is a good way to test and see if the new date format is working? > > David > > > On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:27:10 AM UTC+8, Craig Earls wrote: >> >> Try two digits in the month. >> >> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:38 AM, David <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I did update my my ledgerrc file. >>> >>> Below is the output of the .ledgerrc file;- >>> >>> home/david# cat .ledgerrc >>> --input-date-format %d-%m-%Y >>> --date-format %d-%m-%Y >>> >>> I cant seem to get the date format updated and keep getting the error as >>> below >>> >>> Error: Year is out of valid range: 1400..10000 >>> While parsing file "Jan_to_Jun_Acct", line 1679: >>> While parsing transaction: >>> > 24/6/2012 >>> >>> >>> Even tried the following command:- >>> >>> ledger -f file_name --date-format=%m/%d/%Y --input-date-format=%m/%d/%Y >>> >>> But still haven’t been able to change the format. >>> >>> Any idea what I am missing? >>> >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, October 8, 2012 4:18:57 PM UTC+8, David wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for the feedback. This certainly helps me understand how my >>>> .ledgerrc file should look. >>>> >>>> In the region where I reside we tend to write the dates as DD/MM/YYYY. >>>> >>>> So I guess my .ledgerrc should be :- >>>> >>>> --input-date-format %d-%m-%Y >>>> --date-format %d-%m-%Y >>>> >>>> >>>> Once again, thanks for all the input/feedback. >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, October 8, 2012 2:25:24 AM UTC+8, thierry wrote: >>>>> >>>>> FWIW, here is mine: >>>>> >>>>> $ cat ~/.ledgerrc >>>>> --decimal-comma >>>>> --file /home/thierry/thierry.ledger >>>>> --price-db /home/thierry/price.db >>>>> --start-of-week=mon >>>>> --current >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Thierry >>>>> >>>> >> >> >> -- >> Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ >> enderw88.wordpress.com >> >
