fix: exchange rate not fetching correctly (#20010)
diff --git a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.py b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.py
index e25942c..8897337 100644
--- a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.py
+++ b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.py
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@
# The date used to retreive the exchange rate here is the date passed
# in as an argument to this function.
- elif (not exchange_rate or exchange_rate==1) and account_currency and posting_date:
+ elif (not exchange_rate or flt(exchange_rate)==1) and account_currency and posting_date:
exchange_rate = get_exchange_rate(account_currency, company_currency, posting_date)
else:
exchange_rate = 1