Ken Yamaguchi writes:
> QIF file parse warning:
> Parse ambiguity : between formats (m-d-y d-m-y)
> value of 06/07/1999 could be (7 6 1999) or (6 7 1999) and no
> evidence exists to distinguish.
> Using (7 6 1999).
> See help for more info.
>
> My Date Format in Preferences is set to "US", so shouldn't the importer
> use (6 7 1999)? I skimmed the help and did not see any way I can force
> the interpretation now that the Date Format selector has been removed
> from the importer. How can I force interpretation to m-d-y?
Interpreting an ambiguous date in the locale format isn't necessarily
the corret choice. My date preferences are set to en_GB (ie
dd/mm/yyyy) but the QIF files from my (UK!) bank are in mm/dd/yyyy
order. In my case the importer guesses correctly, but as Ken says,
there seems to be no mechanism to instruct the importer how to resolve
the ambiguity. Perhaps we need a pop-up with a checkbox in that case?
Keith Refson
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