> Dave Peticolas wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Just to add my voice to the mix:
> > >
> > > I want to be able to sort my register using time C (Quicken can do
> > > this, btw) because when I'm doing my monthly reconcile with the bank
> > > stmt, I always end up with a bunch of transactions which I never
> > > entered during the month (for whatever reason). This is like John's
> > > "box job" above. What I do in Quicken is, after figuring out which
> > > ones they are and marking them on the paper stmt from the bank, is
> > > enter them all in order. It's very nice to see them in the register
> > > in "order entered" order during this process so I can see where I am.
> > > If the txns move back to their real dates (dates A or B above) as soon
> > > as I enter them it's harder for me to check my work.
> >
> > We already track the date entered, so this is easy to do. I'll
> > add this feature to the next release.
>
> Great!
>
> I've always wanted this feature in Quicken, but I didn't know it existed.
> This would be very helpful when you realize that a transaction you could
> swear you just entered has disappeared, and you're not sure if you haven't
> entered it yet or if you used the wrong date on the transaction. It's a
> pain to track it down to correct the date.
>
> So how does this feature work in Quicken? And how will this work in Gnucash?
I'm not sure how it works in Quicken. I was referring to just sorting
by the date of entry, not changing it. But now that I think of it, if
we switch to sorting by the date of entry, we could go ahead and show
the date of entry in the left column instead of the 'real' date typed
in, and allow the user to edit that. Any thoughts about that?
> Will it involve "unhiding" a new column in the register, or simply a key
> combination to change the register sort order? And Dave do you ever sleep?
I'll sleep when I'm dead :)
dave
