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Scraps
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:01 am Post subject:
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Wondering how everyone else deals with this issue.
The Format for recording the date of the receipt. Some companies use Month
/ Day / Year others use Day / Month / Year and others use Year / Month /
Day
How does everyone deal with this problem. If I have a couple of dozen
receipts here and start to record them, I often have several where I am
practically guessing.
How do you deal with this issue?
Thanks,
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject:
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Use your best guess.
"Scraps" <scraps@warp.nfld.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Wondering how everyone else deals with this issue.
The Format for recording the date of the receipt. Some companies
use Month
/ Day / Year others use Day / Month / Year and others use Year /
Month /
Day
How does everyone deal with this problem. If I have a couple of
dozen
receipts here and start to record them, I often have several where I
am
practically guessing.
How do you deal with this issue?
Thanks,
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Allan Martin
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject:
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"Scraps" <scraps@warp.nfld.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Wondering how everyone else deals with this issue.
The Format for recording the date of the receipt. Some companies use
Month / Day / Year others use Day / Month / Year and others use Year /
Month / Day
How does everyone deal with this problem. If I have a couple of dozen
receipts here and start to record them, I often have several where I am
practically guessing.
How do you deal with this issue?
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By looking at the country the document came from. In the USA we use
Day/Month/Year.
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Thanks,
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject:
Re: Date format for Receipts |
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Not much help in Canada, Allan.
The official format is the same as the official UN format, yyyy/mm/dd,
but it's used inconsistently by the government and less frequently by
anyone else. By my casual observation, it appears that the US format
is most common, but many businesses favour dd/mm/yyyy which I believe
is preferred in Europe.
"Allan Martin" <Allan@GreatGuy.com> wrote ...
| Quote: | By looking at the country the document came from. In the USA we use
Day/Month/Year.
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| Quote: | "Scraps" <scraps@warp.nfld.net> wrote ...
Wondering how everyone else deals with this issue.
The Format for recording the date of the receipt. Some companies
use
Month / Day / Year others use Day / Month / Year and others use
Year /
Month / Day
How does everyone deal with this problem. If I have a couple of
dozen
receipts here and start to record them, I often have several where
I am
practically guessing. |
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Allan Martin
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject:
Re: Date format for Receipts |
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| Quote: | Not much help in Canada, Allan.
The official format is the same as the official UN format, yyyy/mm/dd,
but it's used inconsistently by the government and less frequently by
anyone else. By my casual observation, it appears that the US format
is most common, but many businesses favour dd/mm/yyyy which I believe
is preferred in Europe.
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Opps, sorry for the typo but the US uses Month/Day/Year. Now I see why the
OP is so confused.
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"Allan Martin" <Allan@GreatGuy.com> wrote ...
By looking at the country the document came from. In the USA we use
Day/Month/Year.
"Scraps" <scraps@warp.nfld.net> wrote ...
Wondering how everyone else deals with this issue.
The Format for recording the date of the receipt. Some companies
use
Month / Day / Year others use Day / Month / Year and others use
Year /
Month / Day
How does everyone deal with this problem. If I have a couple of
dozen
receipts here and start to record them, I often have several where
I am
practically guessing.
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Scraps
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:02 am Post subject:
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Thanks for the input guys,
I guess I will keep the the assuption that it is mm/dd/yr when in doubt I
will have to use best guess.
"Allan Martin" <Allan@GreatGuy.com> wrote in message
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"!-!" <Spam@LocalHost.com> wrote in message
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Not much help in Canada, Allan.
The official format is the same as the official UN format, yyyy/mm/dd,
but it's used inconsistently by the government and less frequently by
anyone else. By my casual observation, it appears that the US format
is most common, but many businesses favour dd/mm/yyyy which I believe
is preferred in Europe.
Opps, sorry for the typo but the US uses Month/Day/Year. Now I see why the
OP is so confused.
"Allan Martin" <Allan@GreatGuy.com> wrote ...
By looking at the country the document came from. In the USA we use
Day/Month/Year.
"Scraps" <scraps@warp.nfld.net> wrote ...
Wondering how everyone else deals with this issue.
The Format for recording the date of the receipt. Some companies
use
Month / Day / Year others use Day / Month / Year and others use
Year /
Month / Day
How does everyone deal with this problem. If I have a couple of
dozen
receipts here and start to record them, I often have several where
I am
practically guessing.
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John
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject:
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Not in my version (2005)
On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:31:26 GMT, "Scraps" <scraps@warp.nfld.net>
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| Quote: | Can the date format be changed in quickbooks?
"Scraps" <scraps@warp.nfld.net> wrote in message
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Wondering how everyone else deals with this issue.
The Format for recording the date of the receipt. Some companies use
Month / Day / Year others use Day / Month / Year and others use Year /
Month / Day
How does everyone deal with this problem. If I have a couple of dozen
receipts here and start to record them, I often have several where I am
practically guessing.
How do you deal with this issue?
Thanks,
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject:
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Can the date format be changed in quickbooks?
"Scraps" <scraps@warp.nfld.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Wondering how everyone else deals with this issue.
The Format for recording the date of the receipt. Some companies use
Month / Day / Year others use Day / Month / Year and others use Year /
Month / Day
How does everyone deal with this problem. If I have a couple of dozen
receipts here and start to record them, I often have several where I am
practically guessing.
How do you deal with this issue?
Thanks,
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject:
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No.
As a general rule, QB uses the Windows "short" date format, which you
can change in Windows Control Panel.
However I have noticed at least a couple of places where QB sticks
stubbornly to the US "mm/dd/yyyy" format even if you have selected a
different Windows format. One such example is the Loan Manager which
has some characteristics of a tacked-on after-thought; this is one of
several features that differ somewhat in different countries, so
experience may vary in other countries. (I believe that Scraps is
using a Canadian edition, as I am.)
"Scraps" <scraps@warp.nfld.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Can the date format be changed in quickbooks?
"Scraps" <scraps@warp.nfld.net> wrote in message
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Wondering how everyone else deals with this issue.
The Format for recording the date of the receipt. Some companies
use
Month / Day / Year others use Day / Month / Year and others use
Year /
Month / Day
How does everyone deal with this problem. If I have a couple of
dozen
receipts here and start to record them, I often have several where
I am
practically guessing.
How do you deal with this issue?
Thanks,
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