> On Jun 18, 2019, at 7:02 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > On 6/18/19 4:56 PM, Maf. King wrote: >> I'm slightly confused as to why dispatch dates matter in an accounting >> program. It almost sounds like you are trying to use the reconcile workflow >> for something that is not. > > Just trying to get everything inside the balance date.
You check off everything on the statement. That means it is ‘inside the balance date’ - as it is part of the math that moves you from Opening Balance to Closing Balance. The actual dates in your register are generally, irrelevant. > > > > I used the "finish" button on one of my checking accounts, but > then again everything had passed on the statement. Got > lots of nice "y"’s. That’s how it is supposed to work. > > I think I should only do finish on the opening date of > my statements and use the box on the lower right to see > if I balance with the ending date of my statement. That > it does a nice job. > Backwards. `Finish` means you want to complete and finalize the reconciliation, otherwise, you didn’t actually reconcile the closing balance, you just ‘cleared’ a bunch of transactions. It occurs as of the end of a period, not the beginning of the next. Regards, Adrien _______________________________________________ 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.
