>>>>> On Mon, 1 May 2000 22:17:43 -0500, Richard Wackerbarth
>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Richard> On Mon, 01 May 2000, John Hasler wrote:
>> Christopher Browne writes:
>> > We thus have _three_ times:
>> >
>> > a) The moment at which you incurred the transaction,
>> > b) The moment at which the effects of the transaction hit your bank
>> > account, and
>> > c) The moment at which you typed in the transaction.
>> >
>> > All three being legitimately different.
>> >
>> > I would think c) to be the least meaningful of the three.
>>
>> I would think that c) is the most meaningful of the three. It is likely to
>> be the most accurate available record of the date on which you recognized
>> the transaction, and it is the date and time that, when used to sort the
>> transactions, is likely to be least surprising to the user.
>>
>> It is also the only one of three that is always available.
Richard> I think that you are totally wrong.
Richard> If I am posting entries from ANY other source, I will use the
Richard> date recorded in that source. For example, I might normally
Richard> enter the checks that I write while I am writing
Richard> them. However, I sometimes use a check for some purpose other
Richard> than mailing a payment. In that case, I enter the date on the
Richard> check even if I post it a month later.
Agreed, as do I. However, I thought we were only talking about
journal entries which fell on the same calendar date, no? that way I
could put in the deposits before the checks, and have more "feel
goods" along the way.
rob
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