2025-01-29 GnuCash IRC logs
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02:31:57 <strk> does it make sense for a Liability account to transfer to Expenses ?
02:32:35 <strk> it's for a gift I made a commitment to complete before a given date, thus I'm considering it a liability
02:33:03 <strk> Cyberstorm: I've had this need in the past, I think all I did was synchronizing the data file
02:52:39 <strk> do you agree with this comment from 3 years ago about GnuCash usability for budgeting ? https://www.reddit.com/r/GnuCash/comments/u5ucfp/comment/i54rlnl/
03:13:02 <strk> oh, answering myself, now I think the Liability should transfer *from* Asset
03:15:10 <strk> maybe not, I'm very confused
03:15:34 <strk> what I want to encode is that there's a committment to spend a certain amount of money at certain future periods
03:15:48 <strk> I'm not sure where these money will be taken from (yet)
03:15:57 <strk> but I'm sure I'll have to pay them
04:31:26 <strk> should I enter a transaction in the future that takes from some Bank account of my choice and lowers the Liability ?
05:39:51 <strk> any plan to move development off sourceforge ? just wondering..
07:08:51 <warlord> strk, L -> Ex? Of course. Think Credit Card buying groceries!
07:09:38 <warlord> strk, dev is not on sourceforge -- we only use SF for distribution of release tarballs.
07:18:20 <Simon> Could https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1657 be reviewed again?
07:20:52 <strk> oh, so GnuCash *is* on github now ? the wiki still points at sourceforge..
07:20:55 <strk> guess I could update it
07:22:07 <Simon> it's a mirror
07:23:19 <warlord> strk, no, github is also just a mirror.
07:23:29 <strk> ah got it
07:23:57 <warlord> main development is done at code.gnucash.org -- however it is limited to authorized devs. We encourage others to use github forks and PRs
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09:56:08 <strk> warlord: L -> Ex you mean when the date really arrives ?
09:57:27 <strk> I mean, what I did right now with the Liability account was entering transactions dated in the future, increasing the account and transferring from Equity:OpeningBalances
09:57:33 <strk> was that wrong ?
09:57:36 <warlord> strk, no, i mean when you actually perform the transaction.
09:57:42 <strk> should I've created an A/Payable ?
09:57:43 <warlord> Yes
09:57:47 <warlord> that's wrong.
09:57:52 <warlord> You should date the transaction when the value moves.
09:58:19 <strk> ok so I can keep as a date the one in which the debt/committment was formed ?
09:58:28 <warlord> E.g. Credit Card (which is a liability) buying groceries (which is an expense) -- should be dated when you make the purchase.
09:58:55 <strk> is there a way for me to schedule the transfer, as I know (more or less) at which date the actual transfer should happen
09:59:17 <warlord> > <strk> ok so I can keep as a date the one in which the debt/committment was formed ? -- how you recognize transactions like that might be subject to local laws. IANAA so cannot answer for you.
09:59:29 <warlord> I think you can create an SX for that.
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10:20:49 <strk> I'm doing this for personal management of finances, there's no law to obey
10:21:28 <warlord> Then date it when the transaction occurs. Or when the promise is made.
10:21:42 <warlord> E.g, for a check, you date it when you write it, not when it is cashed.
10:22:53 <strk> and these increase the liability account transferring from "Equity:OpeningBalances", correct ?
10:25:27 <warlord> No. You should never touch E:O-B after you begin.
10:25:45 <warlord> It should adjust the actual other Asset, income, or expense accounts
10:26:34 <strk> I began after the promises were made
10:26:48 <strk> well, the check was written before I started
10:27:20 <strk> the promise for further expenses was made at that time too
10:27:27 <strk> (real estate)
10:27:37 <strk> proposal for buying an house
10:29:01 <warlord> Ahh. In that case, yes, you probably should use Eq:O-B
10:32:48 <strk> ok, maybe I don't want to schedule transactions, will enter them when I see is needed
10:54:03 <strk> although I edited my preferences to have EUR as the default currency, the reports are still by default in USD
10:54:31 <strk> Report's currency
10:56:16 <strk> and selecting EUR is painful as keyboard input doesn't work, so I have to wait for the (long) list to slowly scroll to reach EUR from USD
16:17:10 <strk> uhm, even with LC_MONETARY="it_IT.UTF-8" report still defaults to USD
16:17:20 <strk> weird
16:17:32 <strk> could it be a bug worth reporting as such ?
16:18:02 <strk> uhm, maybe this: `The locale defined in the environment isn't supported. Falling back to the 'C' (US English) locale`
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