From 82dd0da42dc766ee419073bc06bba4e83cd3534a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Peticolas <dave@krondo.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 07:45:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Kevin Finn's patch to make the reconcile window re-use the
 last statement date.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk@3036 57a11ea4-9604-0410-9ed3-97b8803252fd
---
 src/gnome/window-reconcile.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/gnome/window-reconcile.c b/src/gnome/window-reconcile.c
index 17e5fc8787..8f56187a9f 100644
--- a/src/gnome/window-reconcile.c
+++ b/src/gnome/window-reconcile.c
@@ -1267,6 +1267,7 @@ recnWindow(GtkWidget *parent, Account *account)
   GtkWidget *dock;
   double new_ending;
   time_t statement_date;
+  static time_t last_statement_date = 0;
   GNCAccountType type;
 
   if (account == NULL)
@@ -1283,7 +1284,20 @@ recnWindow(GtkWidget *parent, Account *account)
   else
     new_ending = xaccAccountGetBalance(account);
 
-  statement_date = time(NULL);
+  /* The last time reconciliation was attempted during the current
+   * execution of gnucash, the date was stored.  Use that date if 
+   * possible.  This helps with balancing multiple accounts for
+   * which statements are issued at the same time, like multiple
+   * bank accounts on a single statement.
+   */
+  if( !last_statement_date )
+  {
+     statement_date = time(NULL);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+     statement_date = last_statement_date;
+  }
 
   /* Popup a little window to prompt the user to enter the
    * ending balance for his/her bank statement */
@@ -1294,6 +1308,8 @@ recnWindow(GtkWidget *parent, Account *account)
     return NULL;
   }
 
+  last_statement_date = statement_date;
+
   recnData->new_ending = new_ending;
   recnData->statement_date = statement_date;
   recnData->window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);