[Koha] More questions about fines

[Joe Atzberger]

What version of Koha are you running?

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:04 PM, George Adams <g_adams27 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to setup fines rules such that a patron gets a 7 day grace
> period after their due date, then starts getting charged $0.50 every week
> that the book isn't checked in.  (This is for a church library, so the days
> when a patron can check in a late book are limited.  Hence, I only want to
> bump the fine up every 7 days).
>
> So for instance if your book was due on Feb. 1, you should get a grace
> period for a week.  Then, on Feb. 8 you get your first $0.50 fine.  A week
> later on Feb. 15 you get another $0.50 fine.
>
> So I setup the fines rules for all types as "0.5,7,7".  According to the
> docs, this should generate a $0.50 fine every 7 days after the 7-day grace
> period has expired.
>
> But when running cronjobs/fines2.pl with a test checkout, it didn't turn
> out the way I expected.  Here are the results.
>
> Today is Feb 28 (close-of-business)
> Book was due on:
>  Feb 27, so fine = $0 (1 day overdue)
>  Feb 26, so fine = $0 (2 days overdue)
>  Feb 25, so fine = $0 (3 days overdue)
>  Feb 24, so fine = $0 (4 days overdue)
>  Feb 23, so fine = $0 (5 days overdue)
>  Feb 22, so fine = $0 (6 days overdue)
>  Feb 21, so fine = $0 (7 days overdue)
>  Feb 20, so fine = $0 (8 days overdue)
>  Feb 19, so fine = $0 (9 days overdue)
>  Feb 18, so fine = $0 (10 days overdue)
>  Feb 17, so fine = $0 (11 days overdue)
>  Feb 16, so fine = $0 (12 days overdue)
>  Feb 15, so fine = $0 (13 days overdue)
>  Feb 14, so fine = $0.50 (14 days overdue)*
>  Feb 13, so fine = $0.50 (15 days overdue)
>  Feb 12, so fine = $0.50 (16 days overdue)
>  Feb 11, so fine = $0.50 (17 days overdue)
>  Feb 10, so fine = $0.50 (18 days overdue)
>  Feb 09, so fine = $0.50 (19 days overdue)
>  Feb 08, so fine = $0.50 (20 days overdue)
>  Feb 07, so fine = $1.00 (21 days overdue)*
>  Feb 06, so fine = $1.00 (22 days overdue)
>  Feb 05, so fine = $1.00 (23 days overdue)
>  Feb 04, so fine = $1.00 (24 days overdue)
>  Feb 03, so fine = $1.00 (25 days overdue)
>
> The fine is kicking in on the 14th day, rather than the 7th day as I had
> intended.  Is this a bug, or am I misunderstanding the Koha fine rules?
>
> (update: I seem to get what I want setting the rules to "0.5,0,7".  But
> according to the documentation, that's the equivalent of saying "a $0.50
> fine after 0 days every 7 days".  That doesn't sound right.)
>
> Thanks!
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