Different dates for same transaction?

[Joerg Schoeppe]

> > If I get money today from an ATM, the bank will record the transaction
> > tomorrow or even later.
> > 
> > I'd like to use the bank's date in the bank account (to avoid trouble during
> > reconciliation) and the real date in the wallet account (otherwise I go
> > negative), but I can't because they're really the same transaction.
> > 
> > Is there a reasonable way out of this mess?
> 
> You could record the bank's date in the description or the memo field.
> Then you can still match it up with reconciliation and your account
> doesn't go negative. I don't think there is a much 'cleaner' solution.

I've beside the bank account also an account for the CreditCard.  I
create a transaction from the CC acount to the wallet and another
from the bank to the CC.  They have different dates.  The CC
account is always reconciled to 0.00 (zero).  I've put the bank and
the CC account under the same hierachy so I see what is the "real"
balance and how much is till now not debit from the bank account.

joerg
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