Different dates for same transaction?

Dave Peticolas dave@krondo.com
Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:14:38 -0800


 writes:
> Hi.
> 
> 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.

dave