Hi Ken,
The reason the $150 isn't on the statement with ending date 7/27, is
because the transaction date is 7/27; but the posting date is 7/28. So
the charge will appear on next month's statement. But that's not the
real issue here. What looks to me to be a bug is that I enter an amount
in the Reconciliation popup window; and GnuCash appears to accept it.
But in the very next window (Funds In vs. Funds Out) GnuCash has changed
it back to what it had before I edited it. That seems wrong.
Tom
On 08/04/2026 03:43 PM, Ken Marshall wrote:
On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 03:35:35PM -0600, Tom Route36 wrote:
Hi all,
...
I get a credit card statement; and I want to reconcile it. The statement
ending date is 7/27, and the statement ending balance is $800. I open up
the account in GnuCash and hit the Reconcile button. The Reconcile window
pops up showing me a Statement Date of 7/25 with an Ending Balance of $800.
So far, all is okay. I know the Statement Date in the Reconcile popup is an
estimated date based on the previous month, and the Reconcile Ending Balance
is the balance of the account as of that estimated date. It's all good.
Now I need to do the Reconcile operation. So in that popup window, I edit
the Reconcile Statement Date changing it from 7/25 to 7/27; and I see that
the Reconcile Ending Balance changed from $800 to $950. That change in
Ending Balance doesn't surprise me because I know that I had a transaction
on 7/27 for $150; and that transaction won't appear on my credit card
statement until the following month. However, GnuCash figures that $150 is
part of the current reconciliation period. No big deal though. I just go
and edit the Ending Balance from $950 back to $800. With my edits, both
those fields in the Reconcile popup window now match my credit card
statement. Again, everything looks fine.
...
Anyway, I just wanted to put this out here for any comments, in case there's
some logical reason that I'm not aware of for GnuCash ignoring or overriding
my input in the Reconcile popup window. Let me know what you think.
Tom
Hi Tom,
From the information provided, the credit card statement ending date is
in fact midnight on 7/26, not 7/27 or your charge of $150 would have appeared
on it. I would check with your credit card company to see what they use as
their definition of Statement Date versus the charges on it.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Ken
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