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Date and Timezone Handling

Configure date layouts, source timezones, and date windows.

Reconify uses Go time layouts to parse dates. The reference date is Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006, and every layout string uses that specific reference time.

ISO format (2026-06-16):

date_layout: "2006-01-02"

Day-first format (16/06/2026):

date_layout: "02/01/2006"

Source timezone

Some source files record local dates without a timezone offset. Use tz to tell Reconify how to interpret them.

tz: "Africa/Lagos"

The value must be a valid IANA timezone identifier.

Pair date window

Settlement and posting dates often differ by one or two days between a PSP and a bank statement. The date_window setting absorbs that gap.

date_window: "2d"

If timing_diff is unexpectedly high, check date_layout, tz, and whether one source uses settlement dates while the other uses transaction dates.

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