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rmiga
February 13, 2024
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Quickbooks Desktop 2024 for Macbook

  • February 13, 2024
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INVOICE CREATION DATE. The date on my invoices does not auto populate to today.  Fro example, I open invoices to create a new invoice today (for a brick n mortar purchase) and the date shown is last week. I have to keep manually change the date.  

is there something I need to click to have the date automatically show todays date when creating a new invoice? 

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4Gal
February 13, 2024

Try opening the sample file. Do you encounter the same problem?

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rmigaAuthor
February 14, 2024

How do I open a sample file? 

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ReymondO
February 14, 2024

Thanks for getting back to the thread, @rmiga. 

 

Let me join in this conversation and provide further clarification about the invoice date. 

 

How QuickBooks populates invoice dates depends on the date that was set on your computer. Also, the system follows the date of your last transaction. To refresh the program, I'd suggest closing QuickBooks by clicking the X button and reopening it again. 

 

You can also perform a force quit to stop the application from running, then reopen it again. Here's how:

 

  1. Choose Force Quit from the Apple menu (or simultaneously press the Command + Option + Esc keys).
  2. In the Force Quit Applications window, select a QuickBooks program and select Force Quit.

 

To open a sample file in QuickBooks Desktop for Mac, follow these steps:

 

  1. Open your QuickBooks Desktop Mac.
  2. In the No Company Open window, navigate your cursor to the Open a sample file section and click the dropdown arrow.
  3. Select a sample file and follow the on-screen instructions to finish.

 

In addition, you can turn on electronic payments in QuickBooks Desktop for Mac so your customers can pay you online.

 

Let me know if need more assistance when managing your account. I’ve got you always. Have a great day!

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Archie_B
February 13, 2024

Hi there, rmiga.

 

I understand how inconvenient it is for you to enter the correct date when creating invoices. Allow me to help and make sure the invoice date is set to the current date.

 

When creating the invoice, it should automatically prefill the current date since QuickBooks uses the system's date from your Mac system preferences. To resolve this issue, log out of QuickBooks and go to the Apple menu to automatically set the default date. This also allows us to ensure that the system's date is current.

Here's how:

 

  1. In the Apple menu, click on System preferences.
  2. Select View, then choose the Date & Time.
  3. Enter the administrator name and password if the padlock at the bottom of the window is closed.
  4. Change the date and select Set Date & time automatically to set the date and time according to one of Apple's Network Time Protocol( NTP) servers.
  5. Exit the system preferences then launch QuickBooks.

 

Once done, check the date to see if the date has changed. If it does, QuickBooks will use the updated date for any future transactions.

 

I also recommend that you update QuickBooks Desktop to the latest release so you'll have the latest features and product improvements.

 

Let me know how it goes by clicking the reply button below. I'm always willing to help. Have a great day!

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rmigaAuthor
February 14, 2024

Thank you for the reply. This does not make sense. because when I sign into my old version of Quickbooks there is not an issue with the date in my older version. So, it is not related to my Apple computer date settings. My system preferences already match auto settings. (Note: I did not migrate my older quickbooks version, I started fresh with the 2024 version so I currently have both versions on my computer until I complete my 2023 taxes.)

The version is up-to-date. This is the message I get when I check for updates: QuickBooks 23.0.2.528 R3.2 is currently the newest version available.  I have signed out and signed back into the program multiple times to see if that will resolve the issue and it has not. 

If you have other suggestions, please let me know. Thank you again for your reply. 

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