About Dates in Financial Statements

This topic describes how dates work in financial statements.

The period start date and period end date used when printing the Financial Statement are determined in the following way:

If Then
The report column definition has a date, That date is used.
The Year Start in the column definition is blank, The dates from the Financial Statement Output form are used.
The period on the column definition is greater than zero, The dates for the period from the Account Period for the Fiscal Year corresponding to the column's Year Start are used.
The period on the Financial Statement Output form is greater than zero, The dates for the period from the Account Period for the Fiscal Year corresponding the column's Year Start are used.
The Financial Statement Output form has a date, That date is used.