>
> >>>>> 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 t
> o
> >> 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.
That's pretty much what we do now. We order on:
1. Date typed in the left column
2. Number field
3. Date entered
4. other stuff
A few days ago I changed this slightly so that #2 is only
used if both transactions have a non-empty number field.
dave
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