From ec3299f626d63647940259146067ce983e89a197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Morgan Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:55:15 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add note for market prices being included in calculating the default end date. --- hledger/hledger.m4.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md index 9028f89e9..165043eae 100644 --- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md +++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md @@ -934,8 +934,9 @@ Counterexamples - malformed digit sequences might give surprising results: ## Report start & end date -Most hledger reports show the full span of time represented by the journal data, by default. -So, the effective report start and end dates will be the earliest and latest transaction or posting dates found in the journal. +By default, most hledger reports will show the full span of time represented by the journal data. +The report start date will be the earliest transaction or posting date, and the report end date +will be the latest transaction, posting, or market price date. Often you will want to see a shorter time span, such as the current month. You can specify a start and/or end date using