Hi Mike, I have put the following into my .ledgerrc:
--input-date-format %d/%m/%Y --date-format %d.%m.%Y and then you can just run: ledger reg -f test2.txt on your example. Martin Am 07.03.2011 um 12:00 schrieb Michael Strecke: > Hi, > > I'm new to Ledger, so perhaps I missed something. I searched the group > archive but didn't find any solution. > > My problem is the German date format: %d.%m.%Y > > An example transaction looks like this: > > 15.03.2006 Exxon > Expenses:Auto:Gas 10,00 € > Liabilities:MasterCard -10,00 € > > I changed the input-date-format accordingly, but I get an error: > > $ ledger --input-date-format '%d.%m.%Y' reg -f test2.txt > While parsing file "test2.txt", line 1: > While parsing transaction: >> 15.03.2006 Exxon > Error: Year is out of valid range: 1400..10000 > > Further tests showed, that I can use any other separation character > 15#03#2006, 15,03,2006 - with the input format modified accordingly - > except ".". > > The error message suggests, that Ledger isn't trying to parse a date, > but a number. > > Any other switches that I have missed? > > (FYI: Ledger 3.0.0-20100623, current Beta version, compiled on Ubuntu) > > Thanks > > Mike
