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Quicken Interchange Format

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Summary

Name
Quicken Interchange Format
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/qif
  • PUID: fmt/307
Description
Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) is an open specification and specially formated ASCII fie for reading and writing financial data to media (i.e. files). Although still widely used, QIF is a format older than Open Financial Exchange (OFX).
Note
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicken_Interchange_Format#:~:text=Quicken%20Interchange%20Format%20(QIF)%20is,to%20media%20(i.e.%20files)
File extensions
qif
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Developed by
Intuit Inc.

Internal signatures

Quicken Interchange Format

Description
Header line !Type: followed by entry sign, each entry closed with ^
Provenance
Ongoing Digital Preservation research.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
64
Byte Sequence
21547970653A*5E
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V120

    Release date
    25 February 2025

    • Updated

      Quicken Interchange Format: New description and notes added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2024. Submitted by Brigham Young University.

  • V45

    Release date
    6 December 2010

    • Added format

      Quicken Interchange Format: Outline entry added.

    • Added signature

      Quicken Interchange Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.