transaction dates + times (gnucash-user Digest, Vol 63, Issue 25)

[Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz]

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:37:39 -0700
"J. Alex Aycinena" <alex.aycinena at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 9:00 AM,  <gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org>
> wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:13:18 +0100
> > From: Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz <gnucash at numerixtechnology.de>
> > Subject: transaction dates + times
> > To: "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> > Message-ID: <20080619161318.48dd88c9 at dick.coachhouse>
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> >
> > I make a lot of transfers between my own bank accounts. Transfers
> > take X working days ...
> > In a similar vein, a requirement I have is to make a note of
> > - when a bank transaction was intitiated (date + time)
> > - when the funds leave account A
> > - when the funds arrive in account B (value date)
> > - when the funds become visible or withdrawable from B
> 
> Is this information something you want to capture on an after-the-fact
> basis for analysis purposes or something you want on a more real-time
> basis for actual funds management purposes? 

for analysis purposes