What format expression for "end date of period" in period reports?

[IanTwenty]

Hi,

When I query by period such as --period "monthly" what do I put in a format string to output each period's end date? "%D" gives me the start date. I see that the "csv" command outputs end dates when used with period expressions but I can't see anything in its format string that does this?

Thanks,

Ian.

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> "I" == IanTwenty <ian....@gmail.com> writes:

I> When I query by period such as --period "monthly" what do I put in a format
I> string to output each period's end date? "%D" gives me the start date. I

I> see that the "csv" command outputs end dates when used with period

I> expressions but I can't see anything in its format string that does this?

This appears to be done with specialized logic here:

https://github.com/ledger/ledger/blob/johnw%2Fhashes/src/filters.cc#L880

It didn’t occur to me to make this information available to you through the
format specification. That should be a very hard thing to add, though. We just
have to create a new %E or some such flag, and then change filters.cc to
substitute the end date where %E is used, which would then be part of the
default string for reporting subtotaled ranges.

So, it needs changes in three areas:

1. Add a new format specifier for end-of-range.

2. Create a new “subtotals format” in report.h that is used by default for
reporting subtotaled ranges.

3. Change filters.cc to report its results using this format from #2.

John

[IanTwenty]

Thanks John, that makes sense. I might use the csv output for now and if I have time in future look at making those changes you suggest.

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> "I" == IanTwenty <ian....@gmail.com> writes:

I> It didn’t occur to me to make this information available to you through
I> the format specification. That should be a very hard thing to add, though.

I meant to say, it _shouldn’t_ be a hard thing to add. It should be very easy,
in fact.

John