Entry Date versus Transaction Date

[Derek Atkins]

Travis Hughes <travisjhughes at gmail.com> writes:

> I would not use the date from an accounting perspective. The transactions
> are typically entered in batches as opposed to continuously over time and I
> am interested in determining the batch entry dates.

Yes, the information is stored internally.

You can access it programatically via the xaccTransGetDateEntered series
of APIs.  (see src/engine/Transation.h for the C API, although this API
would also be part of the Guile bindings).

AFAIK no existing reports make use of this entry.

-derek

> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Mike or Penny Novack <
> stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com> wrote:
>
>> thughes wrote:
>>
>>  Does GNUCash capture the date a transaction was entered into the file? Is
>>> is
>>> possible to search, or report on this date?
>>>
>>>
>> Explain what you are trying to do. What use do you plan to make of this
>> date? It doesn't have a bookkeeping meaning. While each transaction  has an
>> "effective date" (the date of the transaction)  when the transaction is
>> actually entered is pretty much irrelevant (as long as prior to the date of
>> any report intended to include this transaction is run -- again,
>> irrespective of the effective date(s) of that report).
>>
>> That being said, in my day I did things like designing and writing
>> programs that used the entry dates of activity. But those were MANAGEMENT
>> reports. For example, how many transactions did each clerical worker
>> process in a month, etc. Not part of the bookkeeping itself but about the
>> process of keeping the books. Not really the same thing.
>>
>> Michael
>>
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