Quicken Interchange Format

The Quicken Interchange Format ( QIF ) is to be able to save an open specification to financial data in files.

Description

A QIF file has the following typical structure:

! Type: type identifier string [single character line code] String Literal Data ... ^ [single character line code] String Literal Data ... ^

Each entry ends with ^ ( caret ). All data is stored as an ASCII string in the file, so can QIF files with a simple text editor viewed ( or edited ) are.

The QIF format is older than the Open Financial Exchange Format ( OFX ).

The missing feature to be able to reconcile imported transactions in the current account postings, is the main weakness of QIF. It is the default file format of many banks in order to export bank statements can. Most home banking software products support QIF as an import format, such as Microsoft Money, Intuit's Quicken or GnuCash free and Grisbi.