Re: [Hampshire] On-line Banking (Not entirely O.T.)

On 15 July 2010 12:32, Chris. Aubrey-Smith <cas194@???> wrote:
> Hi, all!
>
> I thought my recent experiences with Lloyds TSB might be of interest.....
>
> Last Tuesday, Lloyds changed their on-line banking system. The most
> noticeable change is that statements now appear upside-down, with the latest
> transaction at the top. For those of us who were brought up to perform
> arithmetic starting at the top of the page and working down this seems very
> odd. For people like me, who monitor their finances on a spreadsheet, it's a
> nuisance. Now I have to compare an entry at the top of one list with an
> entry at the bottom of the other and work through the two records in
> different directions.
>
> Worse was to come: For years, I have downloaded a CSV file and used a few
> simple Perl routines to conduct various analyses. Now, I was under the
> impression that the CSV file is a standard format for transferring data
> between spreadsheets. The Lloyds CSV files are now also upside-down, so a
> straightforward transfer is no longer possible and additional (manual) work
> is needed.
>

Does this confuse gnucash?

Can't you just sort the spreadsheet by date?

Kind regards

James