added a few notes, fixed a few erroneous logging calls to something other than log.X

src/mercury/csv.go

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func createCsvWriter(pathlike string) *csv.Writer {
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		file, err = os.Create(pathlike)
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	} else {
 		file, err = os.OpenFile(pathlike, os.O_RDWR, 0777)
@@ -80,24 +80,20 @@ func processFile(pathlike *string) *[]*BillingLine {
 	for idx, recordRow := range records {
 		serviceName := recordRow[BillingCode]
 		if idx < 2 || strings.ToLower(serviceName) == "total" {
-			continue //every ignorable row basically starts with "TOTAL"
+			continue //every ignorable row starts with "TOTAL"
 		} else if len(serviceName) > 0 {
+			// this will set the currentBillingCode to "smear" down the column to fill in the fields that QB refuses
 			currentBillingCode = serviceName
 			continue
 		}
 
-		txnDate := recordRow[Date]
-		acctNum := recordRow[InvoiceNumber]
-		acctName := recordRow[AccountName]
-		billClass := recordRow[BillingClass]
-		total := recordRow[Amount]
 		lineItem := BillingLine{
 			BillingCode:   currentBillingCode,
-			Date:          convertDateToSqlDate(txnDate),
-			InvoiceNumber: acctNum,
-			AccountName:   acctName,
-			Class:         billClass,
-			Amount:        total,
+			Date:          convertDateToSqlDate(recordRow[Date]),
+			InvoiceNumber: recordRow[InvoiceNumber],
+			AccountName:   recordRow[AccountName],
+			Class:         recordRow[BillingClass],
+			Amount:        recordRow[Amount],
 		}
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -112,7 +108,7 @@ func processFile(pathlike *string) *[]*BillingLine {
 
 func convertDateToSqlDate(datelike string) string {
 	parts := strings.Split(datelike, "/")
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", parts[2], parts[1], parts[0])
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", parts[2], parts[0], parts[1])
 }
 
 func enumFiles(pathlikebase string) *[]*string {