Each line of the file specifies a single personal transaction. Each line must contain at least the following fields:

date, description and amount

Additionally, each line may also contain a tags field. These fields may be present in any order.

Amount fields can be specified in several different ways:

• Positive / negative amounts: a single column containing positive and negative amounts. Positive amounts represent income while negative amounts represent expenses.
• Two columns (a): one column for credit transaction amounts and another for debit transactions.
• Two columns (b): one of the columns lists all amounts (positive), and another column identifies whether the transaction is a debit or a credit.

Almost all kinds of date formats (US/European) are permitted. Examples include: dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yy, day-month-year, etc. If all dates are ambiguous (like 02/04/2007), we will ask you to clarify.

Note that the fields in each row can be separated by COMMA, TAB or SEMI-COLON.