Quick question about ofx auto-reconcile

[Derek Atkins]

gnucash@cbbrowne.com writes:

> > Working on the GUI, a came up with this little question:
> > 
> > Suppose you just downloaded a transaction from your bank.  A check for 
> > example.
> > -You write it on august 1st, end enter it into gnucash
> > -The check clears on the 5th
> > -On the tenth, you download your bank statement, and auto-reconcile that 
> > transaction.
> > 
> > Should the reconciled date be the 5th or the 10th?
> 
> You did the reconciliation on the 10th, so that is the "reconciled date."
> 
> According to the bank, it cleared on the 5th, so that could be an _additional_ 
> date field to associate with the transaction, but that's not a "reconciled" 
> date.

Should we add a "cleared date" field to Splits?

-derek
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